Political Quotes

But there is another, and a very important, reason why the bill ought not to become a law, and that is that in many instances it adopts the principle, rarely permitted in any revenue system, on whatever theory constructed, by which the finished product is made free from duty, and the raw material and the machinery necessary for its production are kept on the dutiable list.

I shall not hesitate to invite the attention of Congress to this fact and to the necessity for action predicated thereon.

Now, I hope that it has taken the railroads out of politics.

Pledged to support a policy of moderate protection, I can not approve a measure which violates its principle.