Word: statesmen
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...dried schemes of international organization, in which Costa Rica and England are equally represented, or in which the International Army drills constantly at the Hague, understand neither the spirit nor the necessity of the time. The vital thing, at the moment, is to train men, and particularly statesmen, to the realization that conference is a better method than war for the settlement of disputes. International Government is bound to grow slowly and to encounter every degree of hesitation and scepticism. The League of Nations at the present time means nothing more than the admission that there is a common good...
...discussion on this subject lies in error is that not infrequently the parties in debate place an improper degree of faith in the goodness of human nature: too much, as in the case of notable English publicists; too little, as in the case of some of our lesser statesmen in America...
That this war is a competition in morale is admitted by all statesmen. That moral strength will decide the final and supreme battle is likewise acknowledged. Hence, if American morale has been strengthened, the nation has more reason to be thankful than it has over the knowledge that nearly two million men are now under arms...
...Responsible statesmen must now everywhere see, if they never saw before, that no peace can rest securely upon political or economic restrictions meant to benefit some nations and cripple or embarrass others...
...noble words as one of undoubted sincerity. High-sounding verbosity will never defeat Germany, nor will it go far toward arousing others of our nation to action. A single heroic death in France, the simple report, "Killed in action," is far more effective than the words of all the statesmen of America...