Warren Harding actually said...

I loved the martial notes of those stirring verses as a boy. I love them still.

All I ask is that you will not barter away Oregon or allow English interference until I can lead a band of stalwart American settlers across...

Mr. Secretary, you would better give all New England for the cod and mackerel fisheries of Newfoundland than to barter away Oregon,

And finally, as just a human being, I wish I could find words to tell you how glad I am to see you all, and reflecting as you do, from untro...