04/05/1917
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"I have rejoiced personally in the partnership of the Italian and the American people."
"You have done me a very great honor."
"If the future had nothing for us but a new attempt to keep the world at a right poise by a balance of power, the United States would take no interest."
"Good will is the forerunner of trade, and trade is the great amicable instrument of the world on that account."