The Generous Way Of Putting It Is That We Were Not Ready For This. The Less Generous Way Is To Say: How Was It Possible To Return To The Politics Of Appeasement Of The 1930s? - SearchQuotes

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The generous way of putting it is that we were not ready for this. The less generous way is to say: How was it possible to return to the politics of appeasement of the 1930s?

Paddy Ashdown

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