And at the conclusion of the Spanish War it is to the ever-enduring credit of our country that it exacted not penalties, but justice, and actually compensated a defeated foe for public property that had come to our hands in the Philippines as the result of the fortunes of battle.
Calvin Coolidge: “And at the conclusion of the Spanish War it is to the ever-enduring credit of our country that it exacted not penalties…”
Editor's note · Context
Coolidge praises the United States for its just treatment of a defeated foe after the Spanish-American War.
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