 | 1914 - 1248 pages
...at all events, recognized a similar obligation in Cuba and in the Philippines. The President says, " My passion is for the submerged eighty-five per cent...that Republic who are now struggling toward liberty ;" and the statement does him honor. No man inspired by altruistic sentiments can view the present... | |
 | Zeferino Dominguez - Agriculture - 1914 - 128 pages
...is an orderly and righteous government in Mexico; but my passion is for the submerged (85 per cent) eighty-five per cent of the people of that Republic, who are now struggling towards liberty. "The function of being a policeman in Mexico has not appealed to me; nor does it appeal... | |
 | Francisco Bulnes - Mexico - 1916 - 428 pages
...Wilson made the following statement: "My ideal is an orderly and righteous government in Mexico; but my passion is for the submerged eighty-five per cent of the people of the Republic, who are now struggling toward liberty." It is difficult to understand how it is possible... | |
 | United States. President (1913-1921 : Wilson), Woodrow Wilson - United States - 1918 - 452 pages
..."My ideal is an orderly and righteous government in Mexico; but my passion is for the submerged 85 per cent of the people of that Republic, who are now struggling toward liberty." The President closed his fingers into a sinewy fist. He leaned forward in his chair — leaned forward... | |
 | James Brown Scott - United States - 1918 - 776 pages
..."My ideal is an orderly and righteous government in Mexico; but my passion is for the submerged 85 per cent of the people of that Republic, who are now struggling toward liberty." The President closed his fingers into a sinewy fist. He leaned forward in his chair — leaned forward... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations - 1920 - 1008 pages
...quoting Mr. Wilson: "My passion is for the submerged 85 per cent of the people of that Republic, who arc now struggling toward liberty," said Mr. Wilson in...Villa. (Interview in the Saturday Evening Post.) Who composes that 85 per cent? Mr. Wilson himself undertakes to say: "The present revolution, like all... | |
 | Thomas Andrew Bailey - Biography & Autobiography - 1981 - 344 pages
...orderly and righteous government in Mexico; but my passion is for the submerged eighty-five percent of the people of that republic who are now struggling toward liberty." Rejecting "government by murder," ex-Professor Wilson told a visiting Briton, "I am going to teach... | |
 | Ben Procter - History - 2007 - 352 pages
...orderly and righteous government in Mexico; but my passion is for the submerged eighty-five percent of the people of that Republic who are now struggling toward liberty." Again Hearst vehemently disagreed. As early as November 1913, he urged immediate intervention in Mexico... | |
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My ideal is an orderly and righteous government in Mexico: but my passion is for the submerged eighty-five per cent, of the people of that Republic who are now struggling towards liberty. 