Bainbridge Colby

“We cannot recognize, hold official relations with, or give friendly reception to the agents of a government which is determined and bound to conspire against our institutions; whose diplomats will be the agitators of dangerous revolt...”

“It is not possible for the Government of the United States to recognize the present rulers of Russia as a government with which the relations common to friendly governments can be maintained.”

“The present rulers of Russia do not rule by the consent of any considerable portion of the Russian people.”

“The territorial integrity and true boundaries of Russia shall be respected.”

“In the view of this Government, there cannot be any common ground upon which it can stand with a Power whose conceptions of international relations are so entirely alien to its own, so utterly repugnant to its moral sense.”