"I think the pending proposal is that it should go into effect in 1935, if the Filipino people about that time will vote for that proposal."
"That duty is not all performed at the present time."
"The fundamental question there is a question of administration, and it is the difficulty of having an elective legislature and a Governor that serves by reason of appointment from here."
"At the present time they are getting on remarkably well, but if some means could be provided by which the Governor could be elected by the people of Porto Rico, it would eliminate that difficulty."
"I have found that there exist in Honduras such conditions of domestic violence which are or may be promoted by the use of arms or munitions of war procured from the United States as contemplated by th..."
"I do hereby admonish all citizens of the United States and every person to abstain from every violation of the provisions of the Joint Resolution above set forth, hereby made applicable to Honduras"
"I do hereby warn them that all violations of such provisions will be rigorously prosecuted"
"I do hereby enjoin upon all officers of the United States, charged with the execution of the laws thereof, the utmost diligence in preventing violations of the said Joint Resolution and this my Procla..."
"I can't very well announce beforehand that I am going to veto a bill, or that I am going to sign it."
"I have to keep my mind open about those things until the proposal comes to me."
"Nobody knows what the bill may contain when it gets here, so that I have to wait and see."
"I have general policies about legislation which I have announced quite a good many times."