In my judgment, if we had pursued this course, the zones would have been of short duration. England would have been compelled to take her mines out of the North Sea in order to get any supplies from our country.
In my judgment, if we had pursued this course, the zones would have been of short duration. England would have been compelled to take her mines out of the North Sea in order to get any supplies from our country.
First, we could have defied both of them and could have gone to war against both of these nations for this violation of international law and interference with our neutral rights.
If the world is disarmed, and remains disarmed, there will be no more world wars.
No nation ought to keep a navy larger than is necessary to do police duty.
Teapot Dome involved the conservation of the oil resources of the United States, especially those situated upon the public lands.
We must have courage, we must have faith, and we must have a sense of honor.
Third, we could, while denouncing them both as illegal, have acquiesced in them both and thus remained neutral with both sides, although not agreeing with either as to the righteousness of their respective orders.
During practically all of my public life, I have been a sincere advocate of an agreement between the leading nations of the world to set up all the necessary international machinery that would bring about a practical abolition of war between civilized nations.
The constitution ought to specifically state that every nation is left entirely independent and supreme in its internal affairs, such as regulating emigration and all other similar matters.
And when it is done, we ought to follow the example by disarming ourselves.
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