Selfishness is poison in the veins of human life.
Editor's note · Context
Address on the 150th Anniversary of the Surrender of General Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia.
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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 do so with the deepest regret because of the distinguished service you have rendered and the fine place you have been able to make for yourself in the Diplomatic Service.
We must make headway against the mutual fear and friction arising out of war armament which kill human confidence throughout the world.
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.





