Effective administration of the law in a Republic requires not only adequate and proper machinery, honest and capable officials, but above all a citizenry imbued with a spirit of respect for law.
Special Message to the Congress on Reform of Judicial Procedure
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The armaments of the world have grown up in general mutual relation to each other.
I propose that the treaty number and tonnage of battleships shall be reduced by one-third.
In accordance with the tradition since their beginning that heads of states should open the Olympic Games, I had hoped to avail myself of that pleasure, and I had also hoped to spend a few weeks at my home at Stanford University, but at…
I propose that the arms of the world should be reduced by nearly one-third.
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