Political Quotes

I am advised by the Pension Bureau that the bill, if it becomes a law in its present form, would be inoperative.

There certainly ought to be a strong presumption that the case was fairly and justly determined by the Bureau.

The condition of affairs among the Five Civilized Tribes...has assumed such an aspect as to render it almost indispensable that there should be an entire change in the relations of these Indians to the General Government.

I do not understand it to be asserted that there exists any legal liability against the Government on account of its relation to these claims.