Warren Harding: “The big thing is the firm establishment of the Court and our cordial adherence thereto. All else is mere detail.”

The surpassing accomplishments are progressively made, and I know that the soul of America will light the way to a gratifying victory.

I have thus far made no allusion to the hungering of humanity for new assurances that the world may be equally blessed. Peace ought to be the supreme blessing to all mankind.

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…

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.