Political Quotes

The law should at least have contained a provision for the continued discharge of their duties by the incumbents until the new officers were appointed and qualified.

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

I have felt as a citizen and as President a mortification which every American must feel who examines into the standing of the United States in the merchant marine of the world.

I felt that the honor of our country and of the Navy had been touched, and that nothing was left to us but, in a quiet and dignified and yet firm way, to insist upon suitable redress.