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Frank B. Kellogg
American
Politician
About the author
I have often heard it said that the United States is isolated and is not interested in European affairs. I assure you that this is not the case.
Frank B. Kellogg,
American
Politician
#states
#United
To be sure, in some instances these proceedings have been unconstitutional, but we must remember that it is not the first time since a war that there have been changes in governments by such methods.
Frank B. Kellogg,
American
Politician
#Time
#War
#First
There will always be disputes between nations which, at times, will inflame the public and threaten conflicts, but the main thing is to educate the people of the world to be ever mindful that there are better means of settling such disputes than by war.
Frank B. Kellogg,
American
Politician
#People
#Public
#Will
#World
#War
#Nations
These measures may not constitute an absolute guarantee of peace, but, in my opinion, they constitute the greatest preventive measures ever adopted by nations.
Frank B. Kellogg,
American
Politician
#May
#Peace
#Nations
#Opinion
I share the opinion of those of broader vision, who see in the signs of the time hope of humanity for peace.
Frank B. Kellogg,
American
Politician
#Time
#Hope
#Vision
#Peace
#Humanity
#Opinion
There has not been a war in South America for fifty years, and I have every confidence that the countries of Central and South America are deeply in earnest in the maintenance of peace.
Frank B. Kellogg,
American
Politician
#Years
#War
#Peace
#America
#Confidence
#Countries
There are but few naval powers, but there are many land powers.
Frank B. Kellogg,
American
Politician
#Land
The fact that so many of your people are today residents and citizens of the United States, lending their influence to our civic and economic life, which has meant so much to our development.
Frank B. Kellogg,
American
Politician
#Life
#People
#Today
#Influence
#Development
#states
#United
#Fact
There is no short and easy road, no magic cure for those ills which have afflicted mankind from the dawn of history.
Frank B. Kellogg,
American
Politician
#History
#Magic
#Road
#Cure
#Mankind
#Dawn
Public opinion shapes our destinies and guides the progress of human affairs.
Frank B. Kellogg,
American
Politician
#Public
#Progress
#Opinion
#Public opinion
It is true not all has been accomplished that the earnest advocates would desire, but a start has been made.
Frank B. Kellogg,
American
Politician
#Desire
It is not to be expected that human nature will change in a day.
Frank B. Kellogg,
American
Politician
#Will
#Day
#Change
#Nature
#Human nature
It is idle to say that nations can struggle to outdo each other in building armaments and never use them. History demonstrates the contrary, and we have but to go back to the last war to see the appalling effect of nations competing in great armaments.
Frank B. Kellogg,
American
Politician
#Building
#War
#History
#Effect
#Nations
#Struggle
If we will maintain our hope and confidence in the genius of our people, they will work out this problem, and their ability and industry will bring us back to normal conditions.
Frank B. Kellogg,
American
Politician
#Hope
#People
#Work
#Will
#Ability
#Confidence
#Genius
I know that military alliances and armament have been the reliance for peace for centuries, but they do not produce peace; and when war comes, as it inevitably does under such conditions, these armaments and alliances but intensify and broaden the conflict.
Frank B. Kellogg,
American
Politician
#War
#Peace
#Military
#Conflict
I know of no more important subject to the peace of Europe and the world than the reasonable reduction of armaments, especially in Europe, and of naval armaments throughout the world.
Frank B. Kellogg,
American
Politician
#World
#Peace
#Europe
Each one of these treaties is a step for the maintenance of peace, an additional guarantee against war. It is through such machinery that the disputes between nations will be settled and war prevented.
Frank B. Kellogg,
American
Politician
#Will
#War
#Peace
#Nations
Adequate defense has been the catchword of every militarist for centuries.
Frank B. Kellogg,
American
Politician
#Defense
Certain it is that a great responsibility rests upon the statesmen of all nations, not only to fulfill the promises for reduction in armaments, but to maintain the confidence of the people of the world in the hope of an enduring peace.
Frank B. Kellogg,
American
Politician
#Hope
#People
#World
#Responsibility
#Peace
#Nations
#Confidence
#Promises
It is by such means as the prize offered by your Committee that the attention of the world will be focused and that men and women will be inspired to greater efforts in the interest of peace.
Frank B. Kellogg,
American
Politician
#Will
#Committee
#World
#Peace
#Men
#Attention
#Interest
#Women
Competition in armament, both land and naval, is not only a terrible burden upon the people, but I believe it to be one of the greatest menaces to the peace of the world.
Frank B. Kellogg,
American
Politician
#People
#World
#Peace
#Burden
#Land
#Competition
I know of no greater work for humanity than in the cause of peace, which can only be achieved by the earnest efforts of nations and peoples.
Frank B. Kellogg,
American
Politician
#Work
#Peace
#Cause
#Nations
#Humanity
France and Italy have not yet signed this treaty or agreed to naval limitation as between those nations, but I have confidence that in time they will do so.
Frank B. Kellogg,
American
Politician
#Time
#Will
#Nations
#France
#Confidence
#Italy
Have we so soon forgotten those four years of terrible carnage, the greatest war of all time; forgotten the millions of men who gave their lives, who made the supreme sacrifice and who today, beneath the soil of France and Belgium, sleep the eternal sleep?
Frank B. Kellogg,
American
Politician
#Time
#Sacrifice
#Years
#Today
#War
#Men
#France
#Sleep
#Belgium
I believe that in the end the abolition of war, the maintenance of world peace, the adjustment of international questions by pacific means will come through the force of public opinion, which controls nations and peoples.
Frank B. Kellogg,
American
Politician
#Public
#Will
#World
#End
#War
#Peace
#Questions
#Nations
#Opinion
#Force
#Public opinion
I do not hesitate to say that the limitation on naval craft between the great naval powers was too high.
Frank B. Kellogg,
American
Politician
I further value this gift as it gave me an opportunity to accept this distinguished honor in a country so devoted to this cause and whose history marks a wonderful chapter in world development.
Frank B. Kellogg,
American
Politician
#Honor
#World
#Country
#History
#Cause
#Opportunity
#Value
#Development