Benjamin Harrison said...

International intercourse must always proceed upon the basis of mutual respect and a yielding of mutual right.

The influence and interest of the United States in the islands must be increased and not diminished.

He was a patriotic citizen, a lover of the flag and of our free institutions, an industrious and conscientious civil off...

I have felt that it was not only essential as a matter of national defense, but that there was a prestige and influence ...