It is not to be expected that human nature will change in a day.
It is true not all has been accomplished that the earnest advocates would desire, but a start has been made.
Public opinion shapes our destinies and guides the progress of human affairs.
There is no short and easy road, no magic cure for those ills which have afflicted mankind from the dawn of history.
The fact that so many of your people are today residents and citizens of the United States, lending their influence to our civic and economic life, which has meant so much to our development.
There are but few naval powers, but there are many land powers.
There has not been a war in South America for fifty years, and I have every confidence that the countries of Central and South America are deeply in earnest in the maintenance of peace.
I share the opinion of those of broader vision, who see in the signs of the time hope of humanity for peace.
These measures may not constitute an absolute guarantee of peace, but, in my opinion, they constitute the greatest preventive measures ever adopted by nations.
There will always be disputes between nations which, at times, will inflame the public and threaten conflicts, but the main thing is to educate the people of the world to be ever mindful that there are better means of settling such disputes than by war.
To be sure, in some instances these proceedings have been unconstitutional, but we must remember that it is not the first time since a war that there have been changes in governments by such methods.