Protection of American Rights

We declare that we believe in and will enforce the protection of every American citizen in all the rights secured to him by the Constitution, by treaties and the laws of nations, at home and abroad, by land and by sea. These rights, which in violation of the specific promise of their party made at Baltimore in 1912, the Democratic President and the Democratic Congress have failed to defend, we will unflinchingly maintain.

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Chicago: "Protection of American Rights," Republican Party Platform of 1916 in Donald B. Johnson, Ed. National Party Platforms, 1840–1976. Supplement 1980. (Champaign-Urbana: University of Illinois), P.204 Original Sources, accessed October 31, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=9A36HRXW5TISR5T.

MLA: . "Protection of American Rights." Republican Party Platform of 1916, in Donald B. Johnson, Ed. National Party Platforms, 1840–1976. Supplement 1980. (Champaign-Urbana: University of Illinois), P.204, Original Sources. 31 Oct. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=9A36HRXW5TISR5T.

Harvard: , 'Protection of American Rights' in Republican Party Platform of 1916. cited in , Donald B. Johnson, Ed. National Party Platforms, 1840–1976. Supplement 1980. (Champaign-Urbana: University of Illinois), P.204. Original Sources, retrieved 31 October 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=9A36HRXW5TISR5T.