"I think we ought to take the world……" — George William Norris
"I think we ought to take the world as it is and not as we would like to have it."
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George William Norris
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12 Quotes by George William Norris
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And when it is done, we ought to follow the example by disarming ourselves.
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Fourth, we might have declared an embargo against the shipping from American ports of any merchandise to either one of…
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I am bitterly opposed to my country entering the war, but if, notwithstanding my opposition, we do enter it, all…
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If the world is disarmed, and remains disarmed, there will be no more world wars.
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In my judgment, if we had pursued this course, the zones would have been of short duration. England would have…
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Teapot Dome involved the conservation of the oil resources of the United States, especially those situated upon the public lands.
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The constitution ought to specifically state that every nation is left entirely independent and supreme in its internal affairs, such…
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Third, we could, while denouncing them both as illegal, have acquiesced in them both and thus remained neutral with both…
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To my mind, what we ought to have maintained from the beginning was the strictest neutrality. If we had done…
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We ought to disarm Germany completely.
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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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