09/24/1916
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"I am not looking forward to war; I am looking forward with the greatest ardor and interest to peace and to the services which this country may render the rest of the world in the times of peace and he..."
"I know how I would be inclined to sweep aside the minor impediments of the ordinary transactions of government."
"There is no politics in national defense."
"I believe that the message which all men such as sit in this room to-day ought to carry at their hearts is the message of preparation for peace."