Appeasement Quote by Anthony Eden

“You may gain temporary appeasement by a policy of concession to violence, but you do not gain lasting peace that way.”

Anthony Eden

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Nothing is more destructive of human dignity than a rule which imposes a mute and blind obedience.

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We best avoid wars by taking even physical action to stop small ones.

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We cannot agree that an act of plunder which threatens the livelihood of many nations should be allowed to succeed.

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The worst of being sacked is you can never find your car.

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Slowly and painfully man is learning that he must do unto others what he would have them do to him.

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Everyone is always in favour of general economy and particular expenditure.

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Every succeeding scientific discovery makes greater nonsense of old-time conceptions of sovereignty.

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It is a common happening that those in power, as their tenure of office continues, find themselves less and less able to contemplate relinquishing…

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If it's to be a bloodbath, let it be now. Appeasement is not the answer.

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(I)t is simply wrong to confuse cowardice with appeasement. Cowardice is a failing of character. Appeasement is a failure of policy. Stalin appeased Hitler when he signed the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. Stalin was an evil character, to be sure. But cowardice really isn't the first word that comes to mind when thinking of Stalin ' that word is “sexy.” I'm kidding,…

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It is time to change our policy of appeasement toward the Palestinians, to strengthen our ties with the nation of Israel.

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No man can tame a tiger into a kitten by stroking it.

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There are some who, for varying reasons, would appease Red China. They are blind to history's clear lesson, for history teaches with unmistakable emphasis that appeasement but begets new and bloodier war. It points to no single instance where this end has justified that means, where appeasement has led to more than a sham peace. Like blackmail, it lays the…

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The incentive to peacemaking is love, but it degenerates into appeasement whenever justice is ignored. To forgive and to ask for forgiveness are both…

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May I just single out for salutations, on the "anti-war" side: Pop Stars For Appeasement, Dancers Against Democracy, Actors For Apathy, Fashionistas For Fascism and Jugglers For Genocide. All of them united under that flaccid flag of convenience, Show-Offs For Saddam.

Julie Burchill

Ask Osama bin Laden and the 22-out-of-30 top al-Qaida leaders who've been taken off the field whether I engage in appeasement. Or whoever is left out there, ask them about that.

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