Frank B. Kellogg Quotes About Armament
-
Certain it is that a great responsibility rests upon the statesmen of all nations, not only to fulfill the promises for reduction in armaments, but to maintain the confidence of the people of the world in the hope of an enduring peace.
→ -
It is idle to say that nations can struggle to outdo each other in building armaments and never use them. History demonstrates the contrary, and we have but to go back to the last war to see the appalling effect of nations competing in great armaments.
→ -
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.
→ -
I know of no more important subject to the peace of Europe and the world than the reasonable reduction of armaments, especially in Europe, and of naval armaments throughout the world.
→ -
I know that military alliances and armament have been the reliance for peace for centuries, but they do not produce peace; and when war comes, as it inevitably does under such conditions, these armaments and alliances but intensify and broaden the conflict.
→
Frank B. Kellogg
- Born: December 22, 1856
- Died: December 21, 1937
- Occupation: Former U.S. Senator
Related Authors
-
Michele Bachmann United States Representative -
Aristide Briand French Statesman -
Elihu Root Former U.S. Senator -
Herbert Hoover 31st U.S. President -
Hillary Clinton Former United States Secretary of State -
Emily Greene Balch Economist -
John W. Davis American Politician -
Austen Chamberlain British statesman -
Gustav Stresemann German Politician -
Knute Nelson Former U.S. Senator -
Henry L. Stimson Former Governor-General of the Philippines -
Charles G. Dawes Former Vice President of the United States -
Alfred Nobel Chemist -
Georges Clemenceau French Statesman -
Nicholas Murray Butler Diplomat -
Grace Coolidge Former First Lady of the United States -
Warren G. Harding 29th U.S. President -
Leon Blum Prime Minister of France -
Calvin Coolidge 30th U.S. President -
Charles Evans Hughes Former Governor of New York