09/24/1916
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"This agony must not be gone through with again."
"We cannot take the word of the present rulers of Germany as a guaranty of anything that is to endure."
"By virtue of the authority vested in me by law, the following described defensive sea areas for the terminal ports of The Panama Canal are hereby established, to be maintained until further notificati..."
"The object of this war is to deliver the free peoples of the world from the menace and the actual power of a vast military establishment controlled by an irresponsible government."