Benjamin Harrison actually said...

Only two courses are now open--one the establishment of a protectorate by the United States, and the other annexation full and complete.

Message to the Senate Transmitting a Treaty to Annex the Hawaiian Islands

02/14/1893

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I transmit herewith the report of the Acting Secretary of State on the matter.

War is not attractive to our people.

We do not push our trade by the bayonet.

We are happy in our great national isolation.