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Common sense and not bravado would dictate the British Government's policy.

— Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax Attributed

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The threat of military force is holding the world to ransom, and our immediate task is...to resist aggression.

Herr Hitler was possibly or even probably mad.

If only we could find out for certain where Hitler and Mussolini are meeting tomorrow, and get one well-placed bomb, then the world might really take on a different appearance.

Nothing was more likely to aggravate the difficulties of the present situation than any suggestions that our ultimate objective was to unite France, Italy and ourselves against Germany.

Though I am, as you know, a pacifist by nature, I am not disposed to go to all lengths to meet people who seem to be behaving with utter unreason.

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