“Professional opinion is almost inevitably against changes. It has been the operation of these and similar influences which has brought about, as I fear, a return to the old conception of what is called power diplomacy. To these conceptions, it is not too much to say, the idea of the complete opposition of war and peace was really foreign.”

— Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood

The Future of Civilization (1938)

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lawyer, politician and diplomat in the United Kingdom 1864–1958

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