President Wilson's State Papers and AddressesGeorge H. Doran Company, The Review of reviews Company, 1918 - 484 páginas |
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... immediately take charge of the Executive power in the capacity of provisional President ; and if there should be no secretary for foreign affairs , the Presidency shall devolve on one of the other secretaries pursuant to the order ...
... immediately take charge of the Executive power in the capacity of provisional President ; and if there should be no secretary for foreign affairs , the Presidency shall devolve on one of the other secretaries pursuant to the order ...
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... immediately to the south of us . Even if the usurper had succeeded in his purposes , in despite of the constitution of the Republic and the rights of its people , he would have set up nothing but a precarious and hateful power , which ...
... immediately to the south of us . Even if the usurper had succeeded in his purposes , in despite of the constitution of the Republic and the rights of its people , he would have set up nothing but a precarious and hateful power , which ...
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... fully able . We have the wish to serve and to serve greatly , generously ; but we are not prepared as we should be . We are not ready to mobilize our resources at once . We are not prepared to use them immediately 69 Woodrow Wilson.
... fully able . We have the wish to serve and to serve greatly , generously ; but we are not prepared as we should be . We are not ready to mobilize our resources at once . We are not prepared to use them immediately 69 Woodrow Wilson.
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... immediately and at their best , without delay and without waste . To speak plainly , we have grossly erred in the way in which we have stunted and hindered the development of our merchant marine . And now , when we need ships , we have ...
... immediately and at their best , without delay and without waste . To speak plainly , we have grossly erred in the way in which we have stunted and hindered the development of our merchant marine . And now , when we need ships , we have ...
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... immediately to handle would disappear or find other chan- nels while we debated the items . The case is not unlike that which confronted us when our own continent was to be opened up to settlement and industry , and we needed long lines ...
... immediately to handle would disappear or find other chan- nels while we debated the items . The case is not unlike that which confronted us when our own continent was to be opened up to settlement and industry , and we needed long lines ...
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action affairs alien enemy Ameri America Ancona arms army Austria-Hungary believe belligerent blockade British circumstances coast commerce common confidence Congress coöperation counsel deal Declaration of London declared Democratic desire duty efficiency eight-hour day ernment fact feel fellow citizens fighting flag force foreign freedom gentlemen German Empire going Gulflight heart honor hope humanity immediately Imperial German Government Imperial Government industrial interest international law Interstate Commerce Commission justice legislation liberty lives Lusitania Majesty's Government mankind matter means ment merchant Mexico military naval Navy necessary neutral neutral countries never opinion ourselves party peace political practice present President Wilson principles proposed purpose question ready regard ROBERT LANSING Russia seas seek selfish serve ships speak spirit stand struggle submarine territory things thought tion trade United vessels warfare Washington whole WILSON'S ADDRESS wish WOODROW WILSON
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Página 382 - But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest our hearts, for democracy, for the right of those who submit to authority to have a voice in their own governments...
Página 468 - The removal, so far as possible, of all economic barriers and the establishment of an equality of trade conditions among all the nations consenting to the peace and associating themselves for its maintenance.
Página 233 - Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective ; that is to say, maintained by a force sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy.
Página 373 - Vessels of every kind, whatever their flag, their character, their cargo, their destination, their errand, have been ruthlessly sent to the bottom without warning and without thought of help or mercy for those on board, the vessels of friendly neutrals along with those of belligerents. Even hospital ships and ships carrying relief to the sorely bereaved and stricken people of Belgium...
Página 469 - The peoples of Austria-Hungary, whose place among the nations we wish to see safeguarded and assured, should be accorded the freest opportunity of autonomous development.
Página 353 - No peace can last, or ought to last, which does not recognize and accept the principle that governments derive all their just powers from the consent of the governed, and that no right anywhere exists to hand peoples about from sovereignty to sovereignty as if they were property.
Página 379 - A steadfast concert for peace can never be maintained except by a partnership of democratic nations. No autocratic Government could be trusted to keep faith within it or observe its covenants.
Página 376 - I advise that the Congress declare the recent course of the Imperial German Government to be in fact nothing less than war against the government and people of the United States ; that it formally accept the status of belligerent which has thus been thrust upon it...
Página 377 - I hope, so far as they can equitably be sustained by the present generation, by well conceived taxation. I say sustained so far as may be equitable by taxation because it seems to me that it would be most unwise to base the credits which will now be necessary entirely on money borrowed. It is our duty, I most respectfully urge, to protect our people so far as we may against the very serious hardships and evils which would be likely to arise out of the inflation which would be produced by vast loans.