Political Quotes

Governments may be, and doubtless often have been, wrong in going to war to enforce claims.

an extraordinary occasion requires the Senate of the United States to convene for the transaction of business at the Capitol, in the city of Washington, on the 4th day of March next, at 12 o'clock at noon on that day, of which all who…

The principle of the liability of Paraguay having been established by the highest political acts of the United States and that Republic in their sovereign capacity.

I deem it proper to invite the attention of the Senate to the fact that with this day expires the limitation of time for the exchange of the ratifications of the treaty with Costa Rica of 2d July, 1860.