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Warren Harding: “Our own concern is not with the beginning. Our interest is in the end to be attained.”

On the recordJuly 30, 1923
Our own concern is not with the beginning. Our interest is in the end to be attained.
Said by
Warren Harding
Republican · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Address on Foreign Policy and the International Court of Justice Intended for Delivery in San Francisco, California

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