There Is No Short And Easy Road,

If We Will Maintain Our Hope And Confidence In The Genius Of Our People, They Will Work Out This Problem, And Their Ability And Industry Will Bring Us Back To Normal Conditions.

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.

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

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

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.