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President Wilson had big dreams for his 'baby', the League of Nations. He imagined that it might blossom into a peaceful, respected organization which made decisions based on his own '14 Points'. All these dreams came crashing down when President Wilson doomed the organization by way of his stubbornness. Wilson created the League of nations to keep the peace and settle world disputes. He used the Treaty of Versailles to get the League of Nations into operation. He compromised a lot to get the League of Nations in the treaty, which rubbed a lot of people the wrong way. Wilson created many non-supporters of the treaty, an important one being Senator Lodge. Senator Lodge did whatever he could to stop the treaty from being passed. He added on 14 of his reservations to the Treaty of Versailles, including his concerns about self-determination and his worries about how strong the League could become (holding America back). Wilson would NOT have that, especially from Lodge, whom he was not the biggest fan of. Because of his dislike for Lodge, Wilson decided to order his supporters to vote DOWN the very treaty he wanted passed. He succeeded; the Treaty of Versailles was defeated by a vote of 55 to 39. The treaty most likely would have passed if Wilson had not gotten so caught up in his ridiculous feud with Lodge. Wilson's philosophy was best-described as "all or nothing". This has been proved, time and time again, to not be an effective method in politics. One cannot accept just all or nothing; compromise is the key. Failing to realize this, Wilson brought down the treaty and his reputation. Britain and France were not strong enough to run the League of Nations on their own. Already weak, the League of Nations was completely obliterated during the Great Depression. People did not care about world peace in that time. Since its stubborn creator's country, coincidentally the strongest country in the world, didn't ratify the League, the League of Nations eventually failed and died out.