 | John Bancroft Devins - 1905 - 556 ページ
...have been criticised a good deal about the Philippines, but I don't deserve it. The truth is, I didn't want the Philippines, and when they came to us, as...them. When the Spanish war broke out, Dewey was at Hong Kong, and I ordered him to go to Manila, and he had to; because, if defeated, he had no place... | |
 | Charles Sumner Olcott - 1916 - 486 ページ
...about the Philippine business. I have been criticized a good deal about the Philippines, but don't deserve it. The truth is I did n't want the Philippines,...at Hongkong, and I ordered him to go to Manila and to capture or destroy the Spanish fleet, and he had to; because, if defeated, he had no place to refit... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - 1922 - 450 ページ
...of his mind in some words he addressed to his Methodist brethren: "The truth is," he said, "I didn't want the Philippines and when they came to us as a gift from the gods, I did not know what to do with them. . . . I sought counsel from all sides — Democrats as well as Republicans — but got little... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - 1922 - 452 ページ
...of his mind in some words he addressed to his Methodist brethren: "The truth is," he said, "I didn't want the Philippines and when they came to us as a gift from the gods, I did not know what to do with them. . . . I sought counsel from all sides — Democrats as well as Republicans — but got little... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Territories and Insular Affairs - 1939 - 392 ページ
...Christian Advocate. Speaking to these ministers, President McKinley said : "The truth is, I didn't want the Philippines, and when they came to us, as...them. When the Spanish War broke out, Dewey was at Hong Kong, and I ordered him to go to Manila and he had to, because, if defeated, he had no place to... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Territories and Insular Affairs - 1939 - 388 ページ
...Christian Advocate. Speaking to these ministers, President McKinley said : "The truth is, I didn't want the Philippines, and when they came to us, as...them. When the Spanish War broke out, Dewey was at Hong Kong, and I ordered him to go to Manila and he tad to, because, if defeated, he had no place to... | |
 | José Trías Monge - 1980 - 344 ページ
...había presionado para la anexión: "... The truth is I didn't want the Philippines, and when they carne to us as a gift from the Gods, I did not know what to do with them ... I walked the floor of the White House night after night until midnight; and I am not... | |
 | Stuart Creighton Miller - 1984 - 370 ページ
...appurtenances selected by the United States." The president's confession that "the truth is I didn't want the Philippines and when they came to us as a gift from the Gods, I did not know what to do with them" has been dismissed as hypocrisy after the fact. But this quandary was reflected editorially... | |
 | Raymond F. Betts - 1985 - 290 ページ
...mind to keep the Philippines: The truth is I didn't want the Philippines, and when they came to us, a gift from the gods, I did not know what to do with them ... I walked the floor of the White House night after night until midnight, and I am not... | |
 | Daniel B. Schirmer, Stephen Rosskamm Shalom - 1987 - 452 ページ
...have been criticized a good deal about the Philippines, but don't deserve it. The truth is I didn't want the Philippines, and when they came to us, as...at Hongkong, and I ordered him to go to Manila and to capture or destroy the Spanish fleet, and he had to; because, if defeated, he had no place to refit... | |
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The truth is I didn't want the Philippines, and when they came to us, as a gift from the gods, I did not know what to do with them. 
