“Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman who yields to war fever must realize that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events.Rate it:(3.00 / 1 vote)

Winston Churchill

British statesman and leader during World War II; received Nobel prize for literature in 1953 (1874-1965)

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