Political Quotes

George F. Hoar: “I was obliged to notify Japan that no compulsory measures upon Hawaii, in behalf of the Japan Government, would be…”

On the record
I was obliged to notify Japan that no compulsory measures upon Hawaii, in behalf of the Japan Government, would be tolerated by this country.
Said by
George F. Hoar
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Hoar asserts the United States' stance against foreign intervention in Hawaii during a diplomatic crisis with Japan.

Share

More from George F. Hoar

We bring you a more costly and precious gift than any jewel or diadem, though it came from an Emperor's treasury.

gutenberg.org
Nov 15, 2021

This Treaty would make us a vulgar, common place empire, controlling subject races and vassal states, in which one class must forever rule and other classes forever obey.

congress.gov

It is not too much to say that most of the main roads in England are Roman; but the very continuity of their use has caused this to be overlooked.

gutenberg.org

If there is anything more beautiful than a moonlight summer night in the heart of the Forest of Dean, it is its transformation into a summer morning, with the sparkle of dew on the grass, and the sunrise on the trees; with the music of…

gutenberg.org

Other voices in this conversation