It is the measure of the unknown that makes rearmament inevitable, and I can earnestly tell the House that it has been, in this present dispute, our own disarmament to the edge of risk-fortunately not beyond-which has produced an element of inevitable uncertainty. (Anthony Eden)

It is the measure of the unknown that makes rearmament inevitable, and I can earnestly tell the House that it has been, in this present dispute, our own disarmament to the edge of risk-fortunately not beyond-which has produced an element of inevitable uncertainty.

Anthony Eden

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