Warren Harding actually said...

"How else may controversies between nations be determined? Is a controversy to be left a festering sore? If it is, then there is ever increasing danger that the ultimate alternative to peaceful settlem..."

"We avoided controversy and recorded accomplishment."

"That this Administration, supported by the strength and generosity of the American people, has saved the lives of ten millions of men, women and children in Russia, at the very door of death from fami..."

"We would give as freely as we ask. Such assurance is in the interest of permanent friendly relations."