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Warren Harding: “If the plain and very simple path of progress in dealing with these controversies which all countries recognize to be…”

On the recordJuly 30, 1923
If the plain and very simple path of progress in dealing with these controversies which all countries recognize to be susceptible to settlement through judicial tribunals is not to be followed, then hope lies dead and no progress is possible.
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Warren Harding
Republican · Ohio

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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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