Homer S. Cummings

“ Let the true purpose of our party be clearly understood. We stand squarely for the same ideals of peace as those for which the war was fought. We do not propose to submit to the whittling down of the peace treaty to the vanishing point. ”

“ We seek no avenue of retreat. We insist that the forward course is the only righteous course. We decline to compromise our principles, or pawn our immortal souls for selfish purposes. We rely upon the people of America. ”

“ The best thought of the world demanded that a serious attempt be made by the leaders of the allied governments to formulate a treaty of peace which would prevent the recurrence of war. Every rightful impulse of the human heart was in accord with that purpose. ”

“ In the face of the greatest problem in the world, Republican leaders saw fit to remember only that they were Republican. Many times in history, men have had an opportunity to speak for the freedom of a people or of a country, but never before, since time began, have statesmen been afforded the opportunity to speak for the freedom of the world. ”

“ They are craving for a renewed demonstration of the ideals that are to pervade the prophecies of world adjustments and domestic relationships. They seek for an expression of their own spirit of liberalism — of the high progressive aspirations which are astir everywhere throughout the world. ”