England is, I believe, the only country in which during a great war eminent men write and speak publicly as if they belonged to the enemy. (Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury)

England is, I believe, the only country in which during a great war eminent men write and speak publicly as if they belonged to the enemy.

Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

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