Neville Chamberlain

“My good friends, for the second time in our history, a British Prime Minister has returned from Germany bringing peace with honour. I believe it is peace for our time.”

“Consequently, this country is at war with Germany.”

“In war, whichever side may call itself the victor, there are no winners, but all are losers.”

“Everything that I have worked for, everything that I have hoped for, everything that I have believed in during my public life, has crashed into ruins.”

“How horrible, fantastic, incredible it is that we should be digging trenches and trying on gas-masks here because of a quarrel in a far away country between people of whom we know nothing.”

“It is the very evil things which we are fighting against—brute force, bad faith, injustice, oppression and persecution—and against them I am certain that the right will prevail.”

“I am a man of peace to the depths of my soul. Armed conflict between nations is a nightmare to me.”

“It is a sad day for all of us, and to none is it sadder than to me.”

“We should seek by all means in our power to avoid war, by analyzing possible causes, by trying to remove them, by discussion in a spirit of collaboration and good will.”

“However hard the road, however difficult the test, we will search for peace, and we will ensue it.”

“This morning I had another talk with the German Chancellor, Herr Hitler, and here is the paper which bears his name upon it as well as mine.”