We have to admit that, notwithstanding all the efforts in which gover… — Henry Campbell Bannerman

We have to admit that, notwithstanding all the efforts in which governments and peoples have participated, no corresponding change has been wrought in the aspect of the world's armaments.

Henry Campbell Bannermand. 1908

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I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself. — Aldous Huxley
Revolutions demand enormous sacrifices and, at the same time, create a new need to change the world again. — Friedrich Durrenmatt
In times of change learners inherit the earth; while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists. — Eric Hoffer
You have indeed done much since the new century began to give shape and substance to the growing, the insistent desire that war may be banished from the earth. — Henry Campbell Bannerman
Gentlemen, I fervently trust that before long the principle of arbitration may win such confidence as to justify its extension to a wider field of international differences. — Henry Campbell Bannerman
But, gentlemen, can any of us say that as a result of such overwhelming sacrifices of money, of men, of ideals, and of civil dignity the sense of security has indeed been attained? — Henry Campbell Bannerman