Moreover, war has become a thing potentially so terrible and destructive that it should have been the common aim of statesmen to put an end to it forever.

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Therefore, let us not despair, but instead, survey the position, consider carefully the action we...

Therefore, let us not despair, but instead, survey the position, consider carefully the action we...

Four years of world war, at a cost in human suffering which our minds are...

Four years of world war, at a cost in human suffering which our minds are...

The first condition of success for the League of Nations is, therefore, a firm understanding...

The first condition of success for the League of Nations is, therefore, a firm understanding...

As a first step there must be an offer to achieve equality of rights in...

As a first step there must be an offer to achieve equality of rights in...

We had four years of world war which the peoples endured only because they were...

We had four years of world war which the peoples endured only because they were...

In almost every country there are elements of opinion which would welcome such a conclusion...

In almost every country there are elements of opinion which would welcome such a conclusion...

The world before 1914 was already a world in which the welfare of each individual...

The world before 1914 was already a world in which the welfare of each individual...

The more the history of the World War and what led up to it is...

The more the history of the World War and what led up to it is...

Another essential to a universal and durable peace is social justice.

Another essential to a universal and durable peace is social justice.

In some states militant nationalism has gone to the lengths of dictatorship, the cult of...

In some states militant nationalism has gone to the lengths of dictatorship, the cult of...

I do not believe that the values which the Western democracies consider essential to civilization...

I do not believe that the values which the Western democracies consider essential to civilization...

But to cut off relations with an aggressor may often invite retaliation by armed action,...

But to cut off relations with an aggressor may often invite retaliation by armed action,...

Those nations have a very great responsibility at this juncture of the world's affairs, for...

Those nations have a very great responsibility at this juncture of the world's affairs, for...

The drive toward economic nationalism is only part of the general revival of nationalism.

The drive toward economic nationalism is only part of the general revival of nationalism.

One of the first essentials is a policy of unreserved political cooperation with all the...

One of the first essentials is a policy of unreserved political cooperation with all the...

The nations must be organized internationally and induced to enter into partnership, subordinating in some...

The nations must be organized internationally and induced to enter into partnership, subordinating in some...

This is our world, and we must make the best of it.

This is our world, and we must make the best of it.

Whatever we do or fail to do will influence the course of history.

Whatever we do or fail to do will influence the course of history.

It has become impossible to give up the enterprise of disarmament without abandoning the whole...

It has become impossible to give up the enterprise of disarmament without abandoning the whole...

In short, it may be said that on paper the obligations to settle international disputes...

In short, it may be said that on paper the obligations to settle international disputes...