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> [It will be quite satisfactory if you open them gradually, as the circumstances may require; but the President assures you that this will not be the case if you make a treaty with England first.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/townsend-harris/it-will-be-quite-satisfactory-if-you-open-them-gradually-as-the/)

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## More by Townsend Harris

> [The President regards the Japanese as a brave people; but courage, though useful in time of war, is subordinate to knowledge of arts; hence,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/townsend-harris/the-president-regards-the-japanese-as-a-brave-people-but-courage/)

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> [In time of war steamships and improved arms are the most important things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/townsend-harris/in-time-of-war-steamships-and-improved-arms-are-the-most-important/)

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> [The United States have no possessions in the east and do not desire to have any, as other countries do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/townsend-harris/the-united-states-have-no-possessions-in-the-east-and-do-not-desire/)

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> [Open the doors to all. Let the children of the rich and the poor take their seats together and know of no distinction save…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/townsend-harris/open-the-doors-to-all-let-the-children-of-the-rich-and-the-poor-take/)

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> [If you make a treaty first with the United States and settle the matter of the opium trade, England cannot change this, though she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/townsend-harris/if-you-make-a-treaty-first-with-the-united-states-and-settle-the/)

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> [The President of the United States thinks that for the Japanese opium is more dangerous than war.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/townsend-harris/the-president-of-the-united-states-thinks-that-for-the-japanese-opium/)

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> [If Japan had been near to either England or France, war would have broken out long ago.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/townsend-harris/if-japan-had-been-near-to-either-england-or-france-war-would-have/)

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> [The expense of a war could be paid in time; but the expense of opium, when once the habit is formed, will only increase…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/townsend-harris/the-expense-of-a-war-could-be-paid-in-time-but-the-expense-of-opium/)

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> [We do not wish to open your ports to foreign trade all at once.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/townsend-harris/we-do-not-wish-to-open-your-ports-to-foreign-trade-all-at-once/)

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> [Two things are desired in order that intercourse may be had: First, that a minister or agent be allowed to reside at the capital.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/townsend-harris/two-things-are-desired-in-order-that-intercourse-may-be-had-first/)

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> [Any nation that refuses to hold intercourse with other nations must expect to be excluded from this family.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/townsend-harris/any-nation-that-refuses-to-hold-intercourse-with-other-nations-must/)

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> [By means of steam one can go from California to Japan in eighteen days.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/townsend-harris/by-means-of-steam-one-can-go-from-california-to-japan-in-eighteen-days/)

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> [The President is of opinion that if Japan makes a treaty with the United States, all other foreign countries will make the same kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/townsend-harris/the-president-is-of-opinion-that-if-japan-makes-a-treaty-with-the/)

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> [When the ambassadors of other foreign countries come to Japan to make treaties, they can be told that such and such a treaty has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/townsend-harris/when-the-ambassadors-of-other-foreign-countries-come-to-japan-to-make/)

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> [The nations of the West hope that by means of steam communication all the world will become as one family.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/townsend-harris/the-nations-of-the-west-hope-that-by-means-of-steam-communication-all/)

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