Message on Neutrality
08/18/1914
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It is the first great international agreement in the history of mankind where the principle adopted has been, not the power of the strong bu...
The world is desperately in need of the settled conditions of peace, and it can not wait much longer.
The whole world needs that steadiness, and the American people are the makeweight in the fortunes of mankind.
The isolation of the United States is at an end.