Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

It offers the method most likely to secure peace and to prevent war in the island.

This treaty offers the only method for preventing the collection of fraudulent debts, whether owed to Americans or to citizens of other nati...

This treaty affords the most practicable means of obtaining payment for the just claims of American citizens.

The benefit to the United States will consist chiefly in the tendency under the treaty to secure stability, order, and prosperity in Santo D...