Kirby Page Quote

We would enter the League not because we believe in a perfect instrument—on the contrary, its weakness and grave imperfections are fully recognized—but because the place for a powerful nation like the United States is on the inside, where it may aid in determining the character of its activities and the scope of its jurisdiction, rather than on the outside, indulging in harshest criticism.


An American Peace Policy (1925)


We would enter the League not because we believe in a perfect instrument—on the contrary, its weakness and grave imperfections are fully...

We would enter the League not because we believe in a perfect instrument—on the contrary, its weakness and grave imperfections are fully...

We would enter the League not because we believe in a perfect instrument—on the contrary, its weakness and grave imperfections are fully...

We would enter the League not because we believe in a perfect instrument—on the contrary, its weakness and grave imperfections are fully...