Carried to its logical extreme, all this shouldering of individual and community responsibility upon the Government can lead but to the superstate where every man becomes the servant of the State and real liberty is lost.
Radio Address on Lincoln's Birthday.
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The Kellogg-Briand Pact, to which we are all signatories, can only mean that the nations of the world have agreed that they will use their arms solely for defense.
I propose that the treaty number and tonnage of battleships shall be reduced by one-third.
I feel very proud of that tribute, and I appreciate very much the attitude of the press about it.
This reduction should be carried out not only by broad general cuts in armaments but by increasing the comparative power of defense through decreases in the power of the attack.
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