Our own concern is not with the beginning. Our interest is in the end to be attained.
Warren Harding: “Our own concern is not with the beginning. Our interest is in the end to be attained.”
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Address on Foreign Policy and the International Court of Justice Intended for Delivery in San Francisco, California
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