"I think we ought to take the world as it is and not as we would like to have it."

George William Norris, American Politician

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"I think we ought to take the world as it is and not as we would like to have it."

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"Third, we could, while denouncing them both as illegal, have acquiesced in them both and thus remained neutral with both sides, although not agreeing with either as to the righteousness of their respective orders."

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"There is not much danger of the smaller nations if the big nations will behave."

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"We ought to disarm Germany completely."

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"The constitution ought to specifically state that every nation is left entirely independent and supreme in its internal affairs, such as regulating emigration and all other similar matters."

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"The reason given by the President in asking Congress to declare war against Germany is that the German government has declared certain war zones, within which, by the use of submarines, she sinks, without notice, American ships and destroys American lives."

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