02/23/1919
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"They impudently denied us the use of the high seas and repeatedly executed their threat that they would send to their death any of our people who ventured to approach the coasts of Europe."
"We are accountable at the bar of history and must plead in utter frankness what purpose it is we seek to serve."
"We are ready to plead at the bar of history, and our flag shall wear a new lustre."
"Woe be to the man or group of men that seeks to stand in our way in this day of high resolution when every principle we hold dearest is to be vindicated and made secure for the salvation of the nation..."