Adequate defense has been the catchword of every militarist for centuries.

It is not to be expected that human nature will change in a day.

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.

Warned by the disaster of the last great war, the statesmen of all nations have been taking measures to prevent the return of another such calamity.

There are but few naval powers, but there are many land powers.

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.

There is no short and easy road, no magic cure for those ills which have afflicted mankind from the dawn of history.

It is true not all has been accomplished that the earnest advocates would desire, but a start has been made.

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.

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.

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.

It was such a heavenly dream: dreamed between the reality of war and the reality of hereditary madness.

The winter came with blossoms and the bees left their hive, The love was ephemeral when he became the prince charming, And the unbalanced promises couldn't take their stake

The fundamental tragedy about life is that those who possess it often are not aware of its value

Most human beings come into the world and leave it with nothing to show they ever lived.

There were periods during my childhood when I stammered so badly I couldn't talk at all.

The way to bless God is to bless someone He loves. Bless someone in need.

The maxim that men are not to be praised before their death was invented by envy and too lightly adopted by philosophers.

He who practices Tasawwuf without learning Sacred Law corrupts his faith, while he who learns Sacred Law without practicing Tasawwuf corrupts himself. Only he who combines the two proves true.

You aren't a true internationalist until you've supplied weapons to kill your own countrymen.

We don't owe the blacks a damn thing, anyway.