Frank B. Kellogg Quotes

• Adequate defense has been the catchword of every militarist for centuries.

  Frank B. Kellogg

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  Tags in Defense, Adequate

• 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.

  Frank B. Kellogg

  Topics in Confidence

  Tags in Responsibility, Great, Maintain

• 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.

  Frank B. Kellogg

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  Tags in People, Terrible, Greatest, Believe

• Each one of these treaties is a step for the maintenance of peace, an additional guarantee against war. It is through such machinery that the disputes between nations will be settled and war prevented.

  Frank B. Kellogg

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  Tags in Peace, Maintenance, Nations

• France and Italy have not yet signed this treaty or agreed to naval limitation as between those nations, but I have confidence that in time they will do so.

  Frank B. Kellogg

  Topics in Confidence

  Tags in Nations, Agreed

• Have we so soon forgotten those four years of terrible carnage, the greatest war of all time; forgotten the millions of men who gave their lives, who made the supreme sacrifice and who today, beneath the soil of France and Belgium, sleep the eternal sleep?

  Frank B. Kellogg

  Topics in Sacrifice

  Tags in Terrible, Greatest

• I believe that in the end the abolition of war, the maintenance of world peace, the adjustment of international questions by pacific means will come through the force of public opinion, which controls nations and peoples.

  Frank B. Kellogg

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  Tags in Believe, Public, Opinion

• I have often heard it said that the United States is isolated and is not interested in European affairs. I assure you that this is not the case.

  Frank B. Kellogg

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  Tags in Interested, Affairs

• I further value this gift as it gave me an opportunity to accept this distinguished honor in a country so devoted to this cause and whose history marks a wonderful chapter in world development.

  Frank B. Kellogg

  Topics in History

  Tags in Accept, Wonderful, Development

• I do not hesitate to say that the limitation on naval craft between the great naval powers was too high.

  Frank B. Kellogg

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  Tags in Great, Limitation

• 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

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Peace, Conditions, Reliance

• I know of no greater work for humanity than in the cause of peace, which can only be achieved by the earnest efforts of nations and peoples.

  Frank B. Kellogg

  Topics in Work

  Tags in Nations, Earnest

• 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.

  Frank B. Kellogg

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  Tags in Great, Nations, Struggle

• 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.

  Frank B. Kellogg

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  Tags in Peace, Important, World

• I share the opinion of those of broader vision, who see in the signs of the time hope of humanity for peace.

  Frank B. Kellogg

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Opinion, Hope

• It is by such means as the prize offered by your Committee that the attention of the world will be focused and that men and women will be inspired to greater efforts in the interest of peace.

  Frank B. Kellogg

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Peace, Inspired, Greater

• If we will maintain our hope and confidence in the genius of our people, they will work out this problem, and their ability and industry will bring us back to normal conditions.

  Frank B. Kellogg

  Topics in Genius, Work

  Tags in Hope, Problem

• Public opinion shapes our destinies and guides the progress of human affairs.

  Frank B. Kellogg

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Opinion, Human

• It is true not all has been accomplished that the earnest advocates would desire, but a start has been made.

  Frank B. Kellogg

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Desire, True

• It is not to be expected that human nature will change in a day.

  Frank B. Kellogg

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Expected, Human

Frank B. Kellogg (27)

Birth:	22nd December, 1856
Death:	21st December, 1937
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Lawyer, Politician

About

Frank Billings Kellogg was born in Potsdam, New York, USA. He was an American lawyer and politician who served in the U.S. Senate and as U.S. Secretary of State. He served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Britain from 1923 to 1925. He co-authored the Kellogg–Briand Pact, for which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1929. He was a self-trained lawyer. He began practicing law in Rochester, Minnesota, in 1877. He was city attorney of Rochester from 1878 to 1881 and county attorney for Olmsted County, Minnesota, from 1882 to 1887.

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