Quote by Arthur Henderson
The more the history of the World War and what led up to it is stu

The more the history of the World War and what led up to it is studied, the more clearly those tragic years become revealed as a vast collapse of civilization. – Arthur Henderson

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As a first step there must be an offer to achieve equality of rights in disarmament by abolishing the weapons forbidden to the Central Powers by the Peace Treaties. – Arthur Henderson

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Equality
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In short, it may be said that on paper the obligations to settle international disputes peacefully are now so comprehensive and far-reaching that it is almost impossible for a state to resort to war without violating one or more solemn treaty obligations. – Arthur Henderson

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War
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The first condition of success for the League of Nations is, therefore, a firm understanding between the British Empire and the United States of America and France and Italy that there will be no competitive building up of fleets or armies between them. – Arthur Henderson

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Success
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History is littered with wars which everybody knew would never happen. – Enoch Powell

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We are always doing, says he, something for posterity, but I would see posterity do something for us. – Joseph Addison

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History

Gluttony might be innocuous were it not for the fact that gluttons tend to disregard whether their self-serving behaviors harm anyone else. We dont need to look far and wide to find examples of gluttonous behavior, as they are numerous throughout the history of capitalism. – Simon Mainwaring

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History

There are certain moments in the history of a nation when the choices made define the decades to come. – Georgios A. Papandreou

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History

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Not truth, but faith, it is that keeps the world alive. – Edna St. Vincent Millay

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The very aim and end of our institutions is just this: that we may thing what we like and say what we think. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

When I was a little boy I used to borrow my fathers hat, and make a press card to stick in the hat band. That was the way reporters were always portrayed in the movies. – Charles Kuralt

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