Benjamin Harrison actually said...

"Changes may become necessary, but a national system of currency, safe and acceptable throughout the whole country, is the good fruit of bitter experiences, and I am sure our people will not consent to..."

"The great ships — the fastest upon the sea — which are now in peace profiting by our trade, are, in a secondary sense, warships of their respective governments."

"If the policies of the administration have not been distinctively and progressively American and Republican policies, the fault has not been in the purpose, but in the execution."

"We may not only hope for, but expect highly beneficial results from this conference, which will now soon assemble."