No war is inevitable until it breaks out.

George VI in the conventional parlance was a Good King who sacrificed his life to his sense of duty. If we are to have monarchs it would be hard to find a better one.

No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic.

No war is inevitable until it breaks out.

Though the object of being a Great Power is to be able to fight a Great War, the only way of remaining a Great Power is not to fight one.

There is nothing more agreeable in life than to make peace with the establishment and nothing more corrupting.

The Foreign Office knows no secrets.