3 December 2020 Frank B. Kellogg I share the opinion of those of broader vision, who see in the signs of the time hope of humanity for peace.
3 December 2020 Frank B. Kellogg 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.
3 December 2020 Frank B. Kellogg 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.
3 December 2020 Frank B. Kellogg 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.
3 December 2020 Frank B. Kellogg 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.
3 December 2020 Frank B. Kellogg 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.
3 December 2020 Frank B. Kellogg 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.
3 December 2020 Frank B. Kellogg 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.
3 December 2020 Frank B. Kellogg 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.
3 December 2020 Frank B. Kellogg These measures may not constitute an absolute guarantee of peace, but, in my opinion, they constitute the greatest preventive measures ever adopted by nations.