Political Quotes

I return with my objections to the House, in which it originated.

However strong may be my desire to enter into such an agreement, I am convinced that I do not possess the power.

In view of this fact it was deemed preferable to instruct our new minister to negotiate a new treaty which should omit the objectionable second article and also the few words of the twenty-eighth article which had been stricken out by the Senate.

I certainly had no right to make aggressive war upon any State, and I am perfectly satisfied that the Constitution has wisely withheld that power even from Congress.