I have no authority to vary this mode of procedure or to modify the conditions and reservations or to interpret them and I see no difficulty in the way of securing the assent of each signatory by direct exchange of notes as provided for by…

We live in a republic.

This is not a partisan question, but a patriotic question.

Citizenship in America is not a private enterprise, but a public function.

In Massachusetts the 19th of April is known as Patriots Day.

The Revolutionary period has always appeared to me to be significant for three definite reasons.

It is a marked honor to be invited to speak in your presence.

The Senate gave its consent to the adherence of the United States to the Statute of the Permanent Court with certain specific conditions and reservations set forth in the Resolution, which I forwarded to you as the depository of the…

It is exceedingly wholesome to stop and contemplate that undisputed fact from time to time.

This Government does not consider that any new agreement is necessary to give effect to the conditions and reservations on which the United States is prepared to adhere to the Permanent Court.

I haven't made any investigation of the questions involved, formed any opinion of them, expressed or expect to express any opinion in relation to it.

We of the Western Hemisphere are one people striving for a common purpose, animated by common ideals and bound together in a common destiny.

Such meetings can not fail to have far-reaching consequences.

It is a peculiar pleasure to extend to your Congress, which represents so many American Republics, a most cordial greeting.

A free and enlightened press, by this means, becomes one of the safeguards of liberty.

In some measure this has been due to the lack of information in our press.

Truth dissipates misunderstanding and misconception.

I have already expressed several times to the conference my appreciation of the very fine work that the present Congress is doing.