But at present the policy is working well, and until it works badly it would be a grave misfortune to change it, and when changed it can only be changed effectively by the National Government.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
In foreign and domestic affairs alike the policy pursued during my Administration was simple.

In foreign affairs the principle from which we never deviated was to have the Nation behave toward other nations precisely as a strong, honorable, and upright man behaves in dealing with his fellow-men.

There is no such thing as international law in the sense that there is municipal law or law within a nation.

Within the nation there is always a judge, and a policeman who stands back of the judge.

The whole system of law depends first upon the fact that there is a judge competent to pass judgment, and second upon the fact that there is some competent officer whose duty it is to carry out this judgment, by force if necessary.