1923, recalling the possibility of war between France and Germany after the Agadir Crisis of 1911, in The World Crisis, vol.
Such a mistake could only be made once-once for all.” Are you quite sure? It would be a pity to be wrong. The interdependence of nations in trade and traffic, the sense of public law, the Hague Convention, Liberal principles, the Labour Party, high finance, Christian charity, common sense have rendered such nightmares impossible.
Civilization has climbed above such perils. Or is it fire and murder leaping out of the darkness at our throats, torpedoes ripping the bellies of half-awakened ships, a sunrise on a vanished naval supremacy, and an island well-guarded hitherto, at last defenceless? No, it is nothing. It is too foolish, too fantastic to be thought of in the twentieth century.
“So now the Admiralty wireless whispers through the ether to the tall masts of ships, and captains pace their decks absorbed in thought. SeptemRead a selection of Winston Churchill’s most famous quotes “No One Would Do Such Things”
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