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• The lamps are going out all over Europe; we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime.
• Altogether apart from that, it would be a disgrace to us to make this bargain with Germany at the expense of France,…
• From the material point of view the proposal is unacceptable, for France, without further territory in Europe being taken from her, could…
• I knew it to be very doubtful whether the Cabinet, Parliament, and the country would take this view on the outbreak of…
• I said to the German Ambassador that, as long as there was only a dispute between Austria and Serbia alone, I did…
• I thought this must be obvious to everyone else, as it seemed obvious to me; and that, if once it became apparent…
• In effect, I was asking that if Russia mobilized against Austria, the German Government, who had been supporting the Austrian demand on…
• Instead of a few hundreds of thousands of men meeting each other in war, millions would now meet, and modern weapons would…
• That Germany was so immensely strong and Austria so dependent upon German strength that the word and will of Germany would at…
• The German Emperor is ageing me; he is like a battleship with steam up and screws going, but with no rudder, and…
• After a big war a nation doesn't want another for a generation or more.
• The moral is obvious: it is that great armaments lead inevitably to war.

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