"I am making this statement as an act……" — Siegfried Sassoon

I am making this statement as an act of wilful defiance of… - Siegfried Sassoon

"I am making this statement as an act of wilful defiance of military authority, because I believe that the War is being deliberately prolonged by those who have the power to end it. I am a soldier, convinced that I am acting on behalf of soldiers. I believe that this War, on which I entered as a war of defence and liberation, has now become a war of aggression and conquest."

— Siegfried Sassoon

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