I want, because I played only a small part in framing it, that it is a sound and good treaty.
I wish I had. I would be a very proud man if I had; but I did not.
We will not deny it to them.
I want you to realize just what the covenant of the league of nations means.
I say that we have an immense insurance against war, and that is exactly what this great covenant does.
That really is my errand.
It will mean a great deal now, but it will mean infinitely more in the future.
We set this Nation up with the profession that we wanted to set an example of liberty not only, but to lead the world in the paths of libert...
Unless America takes part in this treaty, my fellow citizens, the world is going to lose heart.
Nothing is going to keep this world fit to live in like exposing in public debate every crooked thing that is going on.
I am never afraid that the United States will fail to perform its international obligations.
If you could get 10 per cent insurance of your fortunes in respect of peace, wouldn't you rather take it than no insurance at all?
I call it frankly a chance to insure the peace of the world.
Europe was full of people under the iron and relentless hand of military power, and that hand has been removed and crushed.
America has to do at this moment nothing less than prove to the world whether she has meant what she said in the past.
If you suspect your friend of being a fool, the best way you can prove it or disprove it is by advising him to hire a hall.
Washington is a very interesting place, but it is a very lonely place.
It is the first attempt ever made to settle the affairs of the world according to the wishes of the people in the parts of the world that we...
