Herbert Hoover actually said...

The difficulties of finding a basis that will be acceptable to five different nations are 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.

“We cannot base anything in the nature of permanent peace on any feeling of insecurity or having taken advantage of or having created a situ...

“I do not think we need to hope for any immediate results.