Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

No man is above the law and no man is below it; nor do we ask any man's permission when we require him to obey it.

The Government of the Republic of Panama shall have the right to transport over the canal its vessels and its troops and munitions of war in...

I also inclose a report from the Secretary of State submitting the convention for my consideration.

We can not have too much immigration of the right kind, and we should have none at all of the wrong kind.