McKinley decided he could not stop the cries for war, even after Spain accepted all but the last of his demands. On April 11, 1898 he sent a war message to Congress. Not soon after that, Congress recognized Cuban independence and authorized force against Spain.

Cuba rebelled against Spain in 1868 and fought for ten years.

The U.S.S. Maine was sent into Havana's harbor to protect American citizens and property and to intimidate the Cubans into behaving. Then it exploded on February 15. It killed more than 250 sailors.

On February 25, Theodore Roosevelt cabled naval commanders in the Pacific to prepare for military action against Spain. President McKinley ordered most of the cables undone, but he did leave Admiral George Dewey. Dewey was told to attack the Spanish fleet in the Philippines if the U.S. went to war with Spain.

Late in March, McKinley sent a list of demands to Spain, including; compensation for the Maine, an end to the reconcentration camps, a truce in Cuba, and Cuban independence. Spain accepted all but the last.

I will be the first to admit I am not perfect and I make mistakes.

If you don't like what you do, you're probably dragging your feet.

Haitians do not need development programs imposed on them by expatriates. Instead, they need help in developing as self-assured persons.

Experience teaches us that we do not always receive the blessings we ask for in prayer.

I keep thinking: 'Georgia O'Keeffe wouldn't have had Botox.'

If you were a bullet i would shoot myself to have you in me.

A man is a poor creature compared to a woman.

I was born in our Chembur house in Mumbai, where we lived for five years after which we shifted to our Lokhandwala house.

I decided at 10 I wanted to be in a band; everyone else wanted to play football.

I'm very shy, and I shy away from people. But the moment I hit the stage, it's a different feeling I get nerve from somewhere; maybe it's because it's something I love to do.

For me, the world that I inhabit in reality is probably a very different world than the one people expect that I would be in.

And I would have now love is over an end to all an end I cannot having been your lover stoop to become your friend

As an actor and a fledgling director, I'm used to making snap decisions that I'll have to live with.

I would like to thank the press from the heart of my bottom.

If the United States leads a multinational force into Iraq without United Nations backing, Canada should fight beside its neighbour. We've gone from being a middle power to a muddle power on this one.

I was never concretely aware of the extent of anti-Semitism in the United States and in the upper levels of the State Department.

I want to do some skating and then go to law school in three years. I'm enjoying it and I'm going to see where it takes me.

I attract good things.

For the ocean is big and my boat is small. Find the courage.

I am always the 'good guy', and I take on the idiotic jerks of the nation.

Success is not a miracle. Nor is it a matter of luck. Everything happens for a reason good or bad positive or negative.

The most important factor in college admissions is a test that benefits those who are least prepared for college.

Look, I think the notion that there's a dogma or doctrine of foreign policy that gives you a textbook recipe for how to react to all situations is really nonsense.

Things can change only through strong personalities. I am not very good at supporting ignorance and mediocrity, so maybe this leads to arrogant gestures and arrogant responses. So, nobody's perfect.