Benjamin Harrison actually said...

"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."

"The safety of the Republic is an intelligent citizenship, and the increased interest manifested in the States in education, the cheerfulness with which the necessary taxes are paid by all classes."

"The notes furnished directly or indirectly by the United States have been the only and the safe and acceptable paper currency of the people."