I do not know that such a court will be unfailing in the avoidance of war, but I know it is a step in the right direction and will prove an advance toward international peace for which the reflective conscience of mankind is calling.
Address on Foreign Policy and the International Court of Justice Intended for Delivery in San Francisco, California
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Doctor Whitman, your long ride and frozen limbs testify to your courage and your patriotism. Your credentials establish your character. Your request is granted.
Our own concern is not with the beginning. Our interest is in the end to be attained.
If our people are ever to decide upon war, they will choose to decide according to our own national conscience at the time and in the constitutional manner without advance commitment, or the advice or consent of any other Power.
I loved the martial notes of those stirring verses as a boy. I love them still.
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