Political Quotes

The responsibility of deciding this question is now devolved upon you.

With equal, if not greater, propriety might the United States demand of other governments to surrender their numerous and valuable acquisitions.

In view of the magnitude and importance of our national concerns, actual and prospective, in China, I submit to the consideration of Congress the expediency of providing for the preservation and cultivation of the subsisting relations of amity between the United States and the Chinese Government.

I have been influenced by what appeared to me to be the most controlling considerations of public policy and the general good.