“Practically all we know is that thousands of native Haitians have been killed by American Marines, and that many of our own gallant men have sacrificed their lives at the behest of an Executive department in order to establish laws drafted by the Assistant Secretary of the Navy. ... I will not empower an Assistant Secretary of the Navy to draft a constitution for helpless neighbors in the West Indies and jam it down their throats at the point of bayonets borne by U.S. Marines.” KnowsMenHas BeensLawOrderConstitutionWestNeighborEmpoweringDepartmentNativeExecutivesThroatSecretaryHelplessNavyMarineJamAssistantsGallantBayonetsWest IndiesUs Marine Author:Warren G. Harding
“I don't know much about Americanism, but it's a damn good word with which to carry an election.” KnowsPoliticalPoliticsElectionPresidentialDamnGood WordsAmericanismDamn Good Author:Warren G. Harding
“I don't know what to do or where to turn in this taxation matter. Somewhere there must be a book that tells all about it, where I could go to straighten it out in my mind. But I don't know where the book is, and maybe I couldn't read it if I found it.” IfsKnowsMindBookMatterPoliticalTurnsFoundPoliticsTaxation Author:Warren G. Harding