“It would be impertinent for a country that did not suffer occupation to carry a judgment on another one that suffered one.”

—  Anthony Eden

Il serait impertinent pour un pays n’ayant pas subi l’occupation de porter un jugement sur un autre l’ayant subi.
On the occupation of France, in an interview in the film Le chagrin et la pitié, 1971.

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Il serait impertinent pour un pays n’ayant pas subi l’occupation de porter un jugement sur un autre l’ayant subi.

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