Rutherford Hayes actually said...

"The stipulations of this agreement appear to me so reasonable and just and the object to be accomplished by its execution so eminently desirable to both the white people of the United States and the I..."

"If the protection of the United States is relied upon, the United States must exercise such control as will enable this country to protect its national interests and maintain the rights of those whose..."

"No European power can intervene for such protection without adopting measures on this continent which the United States would deem wholly inadmissible."

"If existing treaties between the United States and other nations or if the rights of sovereignty or property of other nations stand in the way of this policy--a contingency which is not apprehended--s..."