"Precisely the same action would have been taken had the troops been white--indeed, the discharge would probably have been made in more summary fashion."
"I have done all I could to secure them equal school training when young, equal opportunity to earn their livelihood, and achieve their happiness when old."
"I have condemned in unstinted terms the crime of lynching perpetrated by white men, and I should take instant advantage of any opportunity whereby I could bring to justice a mob of lynchers."
"I challenge as a right, the support of every citizen of this country, whatever his color, provided only he has in him the spirit of genuine and farsighted patriotism."
"It is hereby ordered that the following-described lands in New Mexico, namely: T. 16 N., R. 1 E., Jemez meridian, excepting any tract or tracts the title to which has passed out of the United States G..."
"If the colored men elect to stand by criminals of their own race because they are of their own race, they assuredly lay up for themselves the most dreadful day of reckoning."
"I authorized and directed Secretary Metcalf to state that if there was failure to protect persons and property, then the entire power of the Federal Government within the limits of the Constitution wo..."
"Let me point out further that there would be no objection whatever to excluding from the schools any Japanese on the score of age."
"It is obviously not desirable that young men should go to school with children."
"The number of Japanese children attending the public schools in San Francisco was very small."
"I found the conditions perfect."