By The Blessings Of Heaven I Mean

I Am A Tariff Man, Standing On A Tariff Platform.

Finally It Should Be The Earnest Wish And Paramount Aim Of The Military Administration To Win The Confidence, Respect, And Affection Of The Inhabitants Of The Philippines By Assuring Them In Every Possible Way That Full Measure Of Individual Rights And Liberties Which Is The Heritage Of Free Peoples, And By Proving To Them That The Mission Of The United States Is One Of Benevolent Assimilation Substituting The Mild Sway Of Justice And Right For Arbitrary Rule.

The American Flag Has Not Been Planted On Foreign Soil To Acquire More Territory But For Humanity's Sake.

By The Blessings Of Heaven I Mean To Live And Die, Please God, In The Faith Of My Mother.

War Should Never Be Entered Upon Until Every Agency Of Peace Has Failed.