08/18/1919
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"I would despair of making any adequate remarks about so great a matter as the treaty of peace or the league of nations."
"Nobody doubts any longer that the covenant gives explicit, unqualified recognition to the Monroe doctrine."
"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 should be amended."
"Either we are going to guarantee civilization or we are going to abandon it."