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" Adequate defense has been the catchword of every militarist for centuries. "
Adequate
Every
Defense
" Certain it is that a great responsibility rests upon the statesmen of all nations, not only to fulfill the promises for reduction in armaments, but to maintain the confidence of the people of the world in the hope of an enduring peace. "
Responsibility
Confidence
Hope
" Competition in armament, both land and naval, is not only a terrible burden upon the people, but I believe it to be one of the greatest menaces to the peace of the world. "
Competition
World
People
" Each one of these treaties is a step for the maintenance of peace, an additional guarantee against war. It is through such machinery that the disputes between nations will be settled and war prevented. "
War
Peace
Step
" France and Italy have not yet signed this treaty or agreed to naval limitation as between those nations, but I have confidence that in time they will do so. "
Will
Confidence
Italy
" Have we so soon forgotten those four years of terrible carnage, the greatest war of all time; forgotten the millions of men who gave their lives, who made the supreme sacrifice and who today, beneath the soil of France and Belgium, sleep the eternal sleep? "
Sleep
War
Today
" I believe that in the end the abolition of war, the maintenance of world peace, the adjustment of international questions by pacific means will come through the force of public opinion, which controls nations and peoples. "
War
World
Believe
" I do not hesitate to say that the limitation on naval craft between the great naval powers was too high. "
High
Hesitate
Great
" I further value this gift as it gave me an opportunity to accept this distinguished honor in a country so devoted to this cause and whose history marks a wonderful chapter in world development. "
Honor
Value
Gift
" If we will maintain our hope and confidence in the genius of our people, they will work out this problem, and their ability and industry will bring us back to normal conditions. "
Problem
Work
People
" I have often heard it said that the United States is isolated and is not interested in European affairs. I assure you that this is not the case. "
You
United States
Said
" I know of no greater work for humanity than in the cause of peace, which can only be achieved by the earnest efforts of nations and peoples. "
Cause
Only
Peace
" I know of no more important subject to the peace of Europe and the world than the reasonable reduction of armaments, especially in Europe, and of naval armaments throughout the world. "
Know
More
Peace
" I know that military alliances and armament have been the reliance for peace for centuries, but they do not produce peace; and when war comes, as it inevitably does under such conditions, these armaments and alliances but intensify and broaden the conflict. "
War
Conflict
Know
" I share the opinion of those of broader vision, who see in the signs of the time hope of humanity for peace. "
Peace
Vision
Time
" It is by such means as the prize offered by your Committee that the attention of the world will be focused and that men and women will be inspired to greater efforts in the interest of peace. "
World
Women
Attention
" It is idle to say that nations can struggle to outdo each other in building armaments and never use them. History demonstrates the contrary, and we have but to go back to the last war to see the appalling effect of nations competing in great armaments. "
Building
Great
History
" It is not to be expected that human nature will change in a day. "
Human Nature
Day
Change
" It is true not all has been accomplished that the earnest advocates would desire, but a start has been made. "
Earnest
True
Been
" Public opinion shapes our destinies and guides the progress of human affairs. "
Human
Opinion
Progress
" The fact that so many of your people are today residents and citizens of the United States, lending their influence to our civic and economic life, which has meant so much to our development. "
Civic
Today
Life
" There are but few naval powers, but there are many land powers. "
Many
Naval
Powers
" There has not been a war in South America for fifty years, and I have every confidence that the countries of Central and South America are deeply in earnest in the maintenance of peace. "
Years
America
Confidence
" There is no short and easy road, no magic cure for those ills which have afflicted mankind from the dawn of history. "
History
Short
Road
" There will always be disputes between nations which, at times, will inflame the public and threaten conflicts, but the main thing is to educate the people of the world to be ever mindful that there are better means of settling such disputes than by war. "
Always
World
People
" These measures may not constitute an absolute guarantee of peace, but, in my opinion, they constitute the greatest preventive measures ever adopted by nations. "
Nations
Peace
Greatest
" To be sure, in some instances these proceedings have been unconstitutional, but we must remember that it is not the first time since a war that there have been changes in governments by such methods. "
War
Changes
Remember
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