Defeatism about the feasibility of plans for disarmament and ordered peace has been the most calamitious of all the errors made by democratic governments in modern times. (Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker)

Defeatism about the feasibility of plans for disarmament and ordered peace has been the most calamitious of all the errors made by democratic governments in modern times.

Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker

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