George William Norris
George William Norris
George William Norriswas a U.S. politician from the state of Nebraska and a leader of progressive and liberal causes in Congress. He served five terms in the United States House of Representatives as a Republican from 1903 until 1913 and five terms in the United States Senate from 1913 until 1943, four terms as a Republican and the final term as an independent. Norris was defeated for reelection in 1942...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth11 July 1861
CountryUnited States of America
I am bitterly opposed to my country entering the war, but if, notwithstanding my opposition, we do enter it, all of my energy and all of my power will be behind our flag in carrying it on to victory.
No nation ought to keep a navy larger than is necessary to do police duty.
And when it is done, we ought to follow the example by disarming ourselves.
I think we ought to take the world as it is and not as we would like to have it.
Third, we could, while denouncing them both as illegal, have acquiesced in them both and thus remained neutral with both sides, although not agreeing with either as to the righteousness of their respective orders.
The first war zone was declared by Great Britain. She gave us and the world notice of it on the 4th day of November, 1914. The zone became effective Nov. 5, 1914.
In my judgment, if we had pursued this course, the zones would have been of short duration. England would have been compelled to take her mines out of the North Sea in order to get any supplies from our country.
There is not much danger of the smaller nations if the big nations will behave.
Teapot Dome involved the conservation of the oil resources of the United States, especially those situated upon the public lands.
If the world is disarmed, and remains disarmed, there will be no more world wars.
During practically all of my public life, I have been a sincere advocate of an agreement between the leading nations of the world to set up all the necessary international machinery that would bring about a practical abolition of war between civilized nations.
The reason given by the President in asking Congress to declare war against Germany is that the German government has declared certain war zones, within which, by the use of submarines, she sinks, without notice, American ships and destroys American lives.
Fourth, we might have declared an embargo against the shipping from American ports of any merchandise to either one of these governments that persisted in maintaining its military zone.
First, we could have defied both of them and could have gone to war against both of these nations for this violation of international law and interference with our neutral rights.