Spanish American Wars

Famous quotes containing the words spanish, american and/or wars:

    “Ferdinand De Soto, sleeping
    In the river, never heard
    Four-and-twenty Spanish hooves
    Fling off their iron and cut the green,
    Leaving circles new and clean
    While overhead the wing-tips whirred.”
    —Mark Van Doren (1894–1973)

    “Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves—and the only way they could do this is by not voting.”
    —Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)

    “Our national determination to keep free of foreign wars and foreign entanglements cannot prevent us from feeling deep concern when ideals and principles that we have cherished are challenged.”
    —Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)