The difficulties in finding a basis are very great, but they are not insuperable.
The progress of peace for the world rests in a great measure upon the shoulders of the five delegations.
“There is a very great feeling of good will not only on the part of the people of the different countries but on the par...
“I do not think we need to hope for any immediate results.
There is good will toward the Conference on the part of every nation.
The people and the governments of the five nations assembling at this meeting are sincerely desirous that agreement shal...
The difficulties of finding a basis that will be acceptable to five different nations are great, but they are not insupe...
“I am in hopes that the people of this country will show patience and give encouragement and keep free from criticism.
The importance and the gravity of the occasion have been recognized in the dispatch to London of the leading men of ever...
The conclusions of the Conference must be such as to give a sense of security and satisfaction to each of the nations.
“We cannot base anything in the nature of permanent peace on any feeling of insecurity or having taken advantage of or h...
“The progress of peace in the world rests to a very great degree on the success of this Conference.
I do not think that we have ever sent a delegation abroad that has had such a grasp on the essentials of what they are t...
It is the most important of international conferences of a great many years, and probably the most important for many ye...
To complete the Conference in 3 or 4 months would be, in itself, a great accomplishment, and we should not expect any hu...
We go to London in a fine atmosphere and with a good spirit on the work of the commission, and we must preserve it, if w...
I recommend that, as an act of grace and without reference to the question of the legal liability of the United States, ...
I also desire to reciprocate all Your Majesty's good wishes for the new year.
