Semyon Timoshenko (1895–1970) Soviet military commander
Quoted in "The American review on the Soviet Union" - Page 10 - by American Russian Institute - 1938
“Instead of it (World War I) having been a war to end wars - it (the Paris Peace Conference) is a Peace to end Peace.”
A remark to his private secretary, Lord Sandon, in May 1919. From Terence H. O'Brien, Milner, Viscount Milner of St James and Cape Town 1954-1925, 1979, Constable, p. 335.
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Source: Songs of the Soul (1971)
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Georges Clemenceau (1841–1929) French politician
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Dorothy Thompson (1893–1961) American journalist and radio broadcaster
Dorothy Thompson’s Political Guide: A Study of American Liberalism and its Relationship to Modern Totalitarian States (1938)
Source: A Study of American Liberalism and its Relationship to Modern Totalitarian States (1938)
p. 33
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