Townsend Harris quotes: wise famous quotes, sayings and quotations by Townsend Harris

Townsend Harris Famous Quotes & Sayings

Discover top inspirational quotes from Townsend Harris on Wise Famous Quotes.

Townsend Harris quotes: 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 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 quotes: 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 quotes: We do not wish to open your ports to foreign trade all at once.

We do not wish to open your ports to foreign trade all at once.

Townsend Harris quotes: 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 quotes: In case of war, a treaty would have to be made at the end of the war.

In case of war, a treaty would have to be made at the end of the war.

Townsend Harris quotes: Since the invention of steamships distant countries have become like those that are near at hand.

Since the invention of steamships distant countries have become like those that are near at hand.

Townsend Harris quotes: It appears that the English think the Japanese ... are fond of opium, and they want to bring it here also.

It appears that the English think the Japanese ... are fond of opium, and they want to bring it here also.

Townsend Harris quotes: The United States have no possessions in the east and do not desire to have any, as other countries do.

The United States have no possessions in the east and do not desire to have any, as other countries do.

Townsend Harris quotes: 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 quotes: 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 quotes: By means of steam one can go from California to Japan in eighteen days.

By means of steam one can go from California to Japan in eighteen days.

Townsend Harris quotes: 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.