 | Richard F. Hamilton - 2011 - 217 str.
...islands. He told of his anxieties, walking the floor of the White House until midnight. Also, he states, "I went down on my knees and prayed Almighty God for light and guidance. . ." McKinley then gave the following grounds for his decision: 1) That we could not give [the Philippines]... | |
 | Linda C. Dowling - 2007 - 260 str.
...Philippine annexation: "I walked the floor of the White House night after night until midnight; and I am not ashamed to tell you gentlemen, that I went...light and guidance more than one night. And one night it came to me this way — I don't know how it was, but it came: (1) That we could not give them back... | |
 | Saul Landau - 2007 - 324 str.
...offer zany explanations for going to war. Listening and Talking to God About lnvading Other Countries "I went down on my knees and prayed Almighty God for...one night. And one night late it came to me...:(!) That we could not give them [the Philippines] back to Spain—that would be cowardly and dishonorable;... | |
 | Garry Wills - 2007 - 646 str.
...that the Philippines had dropped into our laps, I confess I did not know what to do with them. ... I went down on my knees and prayed Almighty God for...more than one night. And one night late it came to me . . . that there was nothing left for us to do but to take them all, and to educate the Filipinos,... | |
 | Jeffrey A. Geiger - 2007 - 314 str.
...personal and diplomatic reasons for intervention in the Philippines: And one night it came to me in this way — I don't know how it was, but it came: 1) that we could not give them [the Philippines] back to Spain — that would be cowardly and dishonorable; 2) that we could not turn... | |
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I walked the floor of the White House night after night until midnight; and I am not ashamed to tell you, gentlemen, that I went down on my knees and prayed Almighty God for light and guidance more than one night. 
