President Wilson's State Papers and AddressesGeorge H. Doran Company, The Review of reviews Company, 1917 - 484 páginas |
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... naval com- manders at the port had not been notified of any such pro- hibition , and , even if they had been , the only justifiable course open to the local authorities would have been to re- quest the Paymaster and his crew to withdraw ...
... naval com- manders at the port had not been notified of any such pro- hibition , and , even if they had been , the only justifiable course open to the local authorities would have been to re- quest the Paymaster and his crew to withdraw ...
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... naval force the United States might develop , statesmen through- out the whole world might rest assured that we were gath- ering that force , not for attack in any quarter , not for ag- gression of any kind , not for the satisfaction of ...
... naval force the United States might develop , statesmen through- out the whole world might rest assured that we were gath- ering that force , not for attack in any quarter , not for ag- gression of any kind , not for the satisfaction of ...
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... naval force has been developed until the Navy of the United States stands recognized as one of the most efficient and notable of the modern time . All that is needed in order to bring it to a point of extraordinary force and efficiency ...
... naval force has been developed until the Navy of the United States stands recognized as one of the most efficient and notable of the modern time . All that is needed in order to bring it to a point of extraordinary force and efficiency ...
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... naval events of the actual present . It is not merely a matter of building bat- tleships and cruisers and submarines , but also a matter of making sure that we shall have the adequate equipment of men and munitions and supplies for the ...
... naval events of the actual present . It is not merely a matter of building bat- tleships and cruisers and submarines , but also a matter of making sure that we shall have the adequate equipment of men and munitions and supplies for the ...
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... naval increases were ultimately granted by Congress , but the " absolutely impera- tive " proposal of a citizen army was not pressed for passage - a fact which was in part responsible for the resignation of the Sec- retary of War , Mr ...
... naval increases were ultimately granted by Congress , but the " absolutely impera- tive " proposal of a citizen army was not pressed for passage - a fact which was in part responsible for the resignation of the Sec- retary of War , Mr ...
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Página 380 - 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 351 - 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 380 - We are, let me say again, the sincere friends of the German people, and shall desire nothing so much as the early re-establishment of intimate relations of mutual advantage between us, however hard it may be for them, for the time being, to believe that this is spoken from our hearts.
Página 374 - There is one choice we cannot make, we are incapable of making ; we will not choose the path of submission and suffer the most sacred rights of our nation and our people to be ignored or violated. The wrongs against which we now array ourselves are no common wrongs ; they cut to the very roots of human life.
Página 375 - 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.
Página 57 - Paraguay, and I do hereby warn them that all violations of such provisions will be rigorously prosecuted. And I do hereby enjoin upon all officers of the United States charged with the execution of the laws thereof, the utmost diligence in preventing violations of the said joint resolution and this my proclamation issued thereunder, and in bringing to trial and punishment any offenders against the same.
Página 55 - President shall prescribe any arms or munitions of war from any place in the United States to such country until otherwise ordered by the President or by Congress.