Address at the Coliseum in Des Moines, Iowa
09/05/1919
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Nobody doubts any longer that the covenant gives explicit, unqualified recognition to the Monroe doctrine.
It would be ungracious of me if I did not say how delightful I have felt the welcome of Ogden to be.
Either we are going to guarantee civilization or we are going to abandon it.
I can say, I believe with confidence, that it is the judgment of the people of the United States that neither the treaty nor the covenant sh...