That all nations are equally interested in the peace of the world and
in the political stability of free peoples, and equally responsible
for their maintenance;
That the essential principle of peace is the actual equality of
nations in all matters of right or privilege;
That peace cannot securely or justly rest upon an armed balance of
power;
That Governments derive all their just powers from the consent of the
governed and that no other powers should be supported by the common
thought, purpose or power of the family of nations;
That the seas should be equally free and safe for the use of all
peoples, under rules set up by common agreement and consent, and
that, so far as practicable, they should be accessible to all upon
equal terms;
That national armaments should be limited to the necessities of
national order and domestic safety;
That the community of interest and of power upon which peace must
henceforth depend imposes upon each nation the duty of seeing to it
that all influences proceeding from its own citizens meant to
encourage or assist revolution in other states should be sternly and
effectually suppressed and prevented.