When Theodore Roosevelt asked for a legal justification for the acquisition of the Panama Canal project:

Oh, Mr President, do not let so great an achievement suffer from any taint of legality.


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Philander C. Knox Quotes

Oh, Mr President, do not let so great an achievement suffer from any taint of legality.

Oh, Mr President, do not let so great an achievement suffer from any taint of legality.

Oh, Mr President, do not let so great an achievement suffer from any taint of legality.

Oh, Mr President, do not let so great an achievement suffer from any taint of legality.