02/15/1891
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"I have felt that it was not only essential as a matter of national defense, but that there was a prestige and influence for peace and good neighborhood between the nations of the earth in the completi..."
"International intercourse must always proceed upon the basis of mutual respect and a yielding of mutual right."
"I have felt great interest and enthusiasm in the rebuilding of the American Navy."
"It was given in a generous spirit, and I think the result of it has been that our relations with that brave people, whose history is so full of martial achievements and prowess, as well as with the si..."