Philippine-American War Quotes

“"According to one of their priests, "they are big children, who must be treated as little ones."”

“"We take no prisoners. At least the Twentieth Kansas do not."--Arthur Minkler, of the Kansas Regiment”

“Wikipedia: Philippine-American War”

“"Malays [of the Philippines] are by no means savages, though their place on the scale of civilization is far from high."”

“"There was nothing wrong with the profit motive and gain should be the only reason for American expansion into the Pacific."”

“The country needs selfless leaders like Teddy, who left office to be in the thick of the fight and not the other way around."”

“"The Kingdom of Heaven is to come as a grain of mustard seed, not as a thirteen-inch shell."--The Rev. H.P. Faunce, Baptist minister.”

“"The patriots of a year ago have become savages to be treated after the manner of savages . . . more power to the Krag-Jorgensen rifle that does the treating."”

“"Why should Chicago tolerate a conference of anti-imperialist traitors any more than it should tolerate a convention of acknowledged incendiaries or anarchists?"”

“The U.S. troops were "expecting trouble and were glad to have an opportunity to square accounts with the natives, whose insolence of late was becoming intolerable."”

“"Obtain information from natives no matter what measures have to be adopted."--General Adna Chaffee”

“Andrew Carnegie argued that formal empires were obsolete because economic penetration could achieve control over foreign lands without the cost and conquest of administration.”

“Bryan deserted his regiment to run for office whereas Roosevelt left his office to rush into battle.”

“"It's time to let the Philippines go. They're our -- they are our Achilles heel." --Theodore Roosevelt, 1914.”

“"They were the first goo-goos I ever saw turn white."--Claude F. Line, a young private, described not only his love of home and family, but also his delight at terrifying two Filipino civilians.”

“"What would have happened during the Civil War if a public meeting had been held...to cheer Jeff Davis and denounce Lincoln as a murderer?"”

“"The United States has lost her unique position as a leader in the progress of civilization and has taken up her place simply as one of the grasping and selfish nations of the present day."--Charles Eliot Norton”

“"Where the Filipinos have destroyed millions of dollars worth of property, our soldiers have saved many millions of dollars worth, besides many lives, by fighting the fires set by the direction of the Filipino army"”

“for American energy to build up such a commercial marine on the Pacific Coast as should ultimately convert the Pacific Ocean into an American lake, making it far more our own than the Atlantic Ocean is now Great Britain's”

“Major Edwin Glenn did not deny that he made forty-seven prisoners kneel and "repent of their sins" before ordering them bayoneted and clubbed to death.”