The Grim Fact Is That We Prepare

Diplomacy Is Letting Someone Else Have Your Way.

Of All Our Dreams Today There Is None More Important - Or So Hard To Realise - Than That Of Peace In The World. May We Never Lose Our Faith In It Or Our Resolve To Do Everything That Can Be Done To Convert It One Day Into Reality.

Politics Is The Skilled Use Of Blunt Objects.

No State, Furthermore, Unless It Has Aggressive Military Designs Such As Those Which Consumed Nazi Leaders In The Thirties, Is Likely To Divert To Defense Any More Of Its Resources And Wealth And Energy Than Seems Necessary.

The Scientific And Technological Discoveries That Have Made War So Infinitely More Terrible For Us Are Part Of The Same Process That Has Knit Us All So Much More Closely Together.