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Warren Harding: “As President, speaking for the United States, I am more interested in adherence to such a tribunal in the best form…”

On the recordJuly 30, 1923
As President, speaking for the United States, I am more interested in adherence to such a tribunal in the best form attainable than I am concerned about the triumph of Presidential insistence.
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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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