"It cannot be made, it shall not be made, it will not be made; but if it were made there would be a war between France and England for the possession of Egypt."
— War

January 1, 1970

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Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, speech, 1851, referring to the Suez Canal (an example of an indiscreet and unfulfilled prophecy).