There Is No Short And Easy Road,

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.

It Is Not To Be Expected That Human Nature Will Change In A Day.

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.

There Is No Short And Easy Road, No Magic Cure For Those Ills Which Have Afflicted Mankind From The Dawn Of History.

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.