"The threat of military force is holding the world to ransom, and our immediate task is...to resist aggression."

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Members of the Parliament of the United KingdomAmbassadorsUniversity of Oxford facultyGovernment ministersConservative Party (UK) politicians
Original Language: English

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Speech to the annual dinner of the Royal Institute of International Affairs (29 June 1939), quoted in The Times (30 June 1939), p. 9