"[W]e must recognise a new threat to the peace of the nations, indeed to the very fabric of society. We have seen in the last few years the growth of a cult of political violence, preached and practised not so much between states as within them. It is a sombre thought but it may be that in the 1970s civil war, not war between nations, will be the main danger we will face."
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Edward Heath, Speech to the General Assembly of the United Nations (23 October 1970), quoted in The Times (24 October 1970), p. 5
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