We are to beware of all men who would turn the tasks and the necessities of the nation to their own private profit or use them for the building up of private power.

We must defend our commerce and the lives of our people in the midst of the present trying circumstances, with discretion but with clear and steadfast purpose.

No one doubts what it is our duty to do.

I cannot imagine any man with American principles at his heart hesitating to defend these things.

War can come only by the wilful acts and aggressions of others.

I am the friend of peace and mean to preserve it for America so long as I am able.

public interests require that the Senate of the United States be convened at twelve o'clock on the fifth day of March next to receive such communications as may be made by the Executive

an extraordinary occasion requires the Senate of the United States to convene at the Capitol, in the city of Washington, on the fifth day of March next, at twelve o'clock noon

It is hereby ordered that all of the lands of the United States hereinafter described be, and the same are hereby, withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry and reserved for the use of the Navy Department of the United States as…

By virtue of the power and authority vested in and conferred upon me by the laws of the United States in that behalf made and provided, it is hereby ordered that the tract of land hereinafter described be and the same is hereby withdrawn…

Chinese persons, arriving from foreign ports, who desire to enter the Canal Zone in transit to other countries, may be permitted to do so upon such conditions as the Governor of The Panama Canal may prescribe by general or special…

The master of any vessel from a foreign port, with one or more Chinese persons on board, stopping at a port in the Canal Zone, in addition to the other matters required to be reported by him, shall deliver to the customs official of such…