Taxation Is Not A Method By Which

Armed Conflict Between Nations Is A Nightmare To Me; But If I Were Convinced That Any Nation Had Made Up Its Mind To Dominate The World By Fear Of Its Force, I Should Feel That It Must Be Resisted.

Taxation Is Not A Method By Which The Community Corporately Provides Itself With Essential Services, But A Fund To Be Divided Between Different Interests With Political Claims Upon The State.

How Horrible, Fantastic, Incredible, It Is That We Should Be Digging Trenches And Trying On Gas-masks Here Because Of A Quarrel In A Faraway Country Between People Of Whom We Know Nothing.

In War, Whichever Side May Call Itself The Victor, There Are No Winners, But All Are Losers.

Ever Since I Assumed My Present Office My Main Purpose Has Been To Work For The Pacification Of Europe, For The Removal Of Those Suspicions And Those Animosities Which Have So Long Poisoned The Air. The Path Which Leads To Appeasement Is Long And Bristles With Obstacles. The Question Of Czechoslovakia Is The Latest And Perhaps The Most Dangerous. Now That We Have Got Past It, I Feel That It May Be Possible To Make Further Progress Along The Road To Sanity.