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On the recordJuly 23, 1929
The magnificent opportunity and the compelling duty now open to us should spur us on to the fulfillment of every opportunity that is calculated to implement this Treaty and to extend the policy which it so nobly sets forth.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Remarks Upon Proclaiming the Treaty for the Renunciation of War (Kellogg-Briand Pact).

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