Franklin Pierce: “Is it not the better rule to leave all these works to private enterprise, regulated and, when expedient, aided by the…”

The aggressive capacity of great naval powers would be thereby augmented, while the defensive ability of others would be reduced.

I have therefore demanded of that Government that the perpetrators of the wrongs in question should be punished; that provision should be made for the families of citizens of the United States who were killed, with full indemnity for the…

I shall continue my efforts to procure for the wrongs of our citizens that redress which is indispensable to the continued friendly association of the two Republics.

To us of this generation remains the not less noble task of maintaining and extending the national power.