| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 57049 |
| QUOTATION: | The diplomacy of the present administration has sought to respond to the modern idea of commercial intercourse. This policy has been characterized as substituting dollars for bullets. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | William Howard Taft (1857–1930), U.S. president. Message of the President to Congress, December 3, 1912. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, p. X, Washington: Department of State (1919). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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