The statesman who yields to war fever must realise that once the signa…

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The statesman who yields to war fever must realise that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events. ✨ My Early Life: A Roving Commission. Book by Winston Churchill, 1930.
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The statesman who yields to war fever must realise that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events. ✨ My Early Life: A Roving Commission. Book by Winston Churchill, 1930.

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