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There is no such thing as an inevitable war. If war comes it will be from failure of human wisdom.

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We cannot alone act as the policeman of the world. The financial and social condition of this country makes that impossible.

Whatever steps you may feel compelled to take, whether they are constitutional, or whether in the long run they are unconstitutional, you have the whole Unionist Party, under my leadership, behind you.

We who represent the Unionist Party in England and Scotland have supported, and we mean to support to the end, the loyal minority [in Ireland]. We support them not because we are intolerant, but because their claims are just.

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