George W. Norris Quotes
And when it is done, we ought to follow the example by disarming ourselves.
Norris, George W. "Speech on the League of Nations." Congressional Record, 66th Congress, 1st Session, 1919.
At the beginning of his Presidency Roosevelt urged Congress to disarm. A few years later he was urging heavy expenditures for armaments and Congress was then reluctant.
The statement he coined was one of the most common slogans in the 1960s. It was on signs, bumper stickers, T-shirts—even tattoos on people’s bodies. It is still a favorite of peace advocates.
Having just been told of the Hiroshima atomic bombing:
George William Norris was a politician from the state of Nebraska in the Midwestern United States. 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. He served four terms as a Republican and his final term as an independent. Norris was defeated for re-election in 1942.
