Author: Townsend Harris

Quotes

Any nation that refuses to hold intercourse with other nations must expect to be excluded from this family.

Any nation that refuses to hold intercourse with other nations must expect to be excluded from this family.

- Townsend Harris

If war should break out between England and Japan, the latter would suffer much more than the former.

If war should break out between England and Japan, the latter would suffer much more than the former.

- Townsend Harris

If you make a treaty first with the United States and settle the matter of the opium trade, England cannot change this, though she should desire to do so.

If you make a treaty first with the United States and settle the matter of the opium trade, England cannot change this, though she should desire to do so.

- Townsend Harris

The nations of the West hope that by means of steam communication all the world will become as one family.

The nations of the West hope that by means of steam communication all the world will become as one family.

- Townsend Harris

The expense of a war could be paid in time; but the expense of opium, when once the habit is formed, will only increase with time.

The expense of a war could be paid in time; but the expense of opium, when once the habit is formed, will only increase with time.

- Townsend Harris

If Japan had been near to either England or France, war would have broken out long ago.

If Japan had been near to either England or France, war would have broken out long ago.

- Townsend Harris

The President of the United States thinks that for the Japanese opium is more dangerous than war.

The President of the United States thinks that for the Japanese opium is more dangerous than war.

- Townsend Harris

In time of war steamships and improved arms are the most important things.

In time of war steamships and improved arms are the most important things.

- Townsend Harris

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