We Go To War Only To Make

The Free Man Cannot Be Long An Ignorant Man.

I Went Down On My Knees And Prayed To Almighty God For Light And Guidance And One Night Late It Came To Me This Way. We Could Not Leave (the Philippines) To Themselves-they Were Unfit For Self-government-and They Would Soon Have Anarchy And Misrule Over There Worse Than Spain's Was. There Was Nothing Left For Us To Do But Take Them All And Educate The Filipinos, And Uplift And Christianize Them.

We Need Hawaii Just As Much And A Good Deal More Than We Did California. It Is Manifest Destiny.

I Have Already Transmitted To Congress The Report Of The Naval Court Of Inquiry On The Destruction Of The Battleship Maine In The Harbor Of Havana During The Night Of The Fifteenth Of February. The Destruction Of That Noble Vessel Has Filled The National Heart With Inexpressible Horror. Two Hundred And Fifty-eight Brave Sailors And Marines And Two Officers Of Our Navy, Reposing In The Fancied Security Of A Friendly Harbor, Have Been Hurled To Death, Grief And Want Brought To Their Homes And Sorrow To The Nation.

The Best Way For The Government To Maintain Its Credit Is To Pay As It Goes-not By Resorting To Loans, But By Keeping Out Of Debt-through An Adequate Income Secured By A System Of Taxation, External Or Internal, Or Both.