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 settlement would be arbitrament of arms.
Warren Harding: “How else may controversies between nations be determined? Is a controversy to be left a festering sore? If it is, then…”
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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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