"No nation ought to keep a navy larger than is necessary to do police duty."

George William Norris, American Politician

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"In my judgment, if we had pursued this course, the zones would have been of short duration. England would have been compelled to take her mines out of the North Sea in order to get any supplies from our country."

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"If the world is disarmed, and remains disarmed, there will be no more world wars."

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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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"Fourth, we might have declared an embargo against the shipping from American ports of any merchandise to either one of these governments that persisted in maintaining its military zone."

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

Danger

"And when it is done, we ought to follow the example by disarming ourselves."

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"Great wealth took possession of the government. It was reflected in Mr. Harding's selection of a cabinet."

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"To my mind, what we ought to have maintained from the beginning was the strictest neutrality. If we had done this, I do not believe we would have been on the verge of war at the present time."

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"During practically all of my public life, I have been a sincere advocate of an agreement between the leading nations of the world to set up all the necessary international machinery that would bring about a practical abolition of war between civilized nations."

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