We do not wish to open your ports to for... by Townsend Harris | We Heart Quotes

Education Open Diplomat New York City Ambassador

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

- Townsend Harris

Other quotes by Townsend Harris

English Want

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

- Townsend Harris

Time People

The President regards the Japanese as a brave people; but courage, though useful in time of war, is subordinate to knowledge of arts; hence, courage without such knowledge is not to be highly esteemed.

- Townsend Harris

Countries

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

- Townsend Harris

England War

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

- Townsend Harris

Countries First

As the treaty made with the United States was the first treaty entered into by your country with other countries, therefore the President regards Japan with peculiar friendliness.

- Townsend Harris

May

The President wishes the Japanese to be very prudent about the introduction of opium, and if a treaty is made, he wishes that opium may be strictly prohibited.

- Townsend Harris

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