Charles Francis Adams, Sr. Quote

It would be superfluous in me to point out to your Lordship that this is war.


Dispatch to John Russell at a period of diplomatic tensions between the US and Britain during the US Civil War (5 September 1863); more information on the significance of this statement is available at "The American Question Abroad in the Civil War"


It would be superfluous in me to point out to your Lordship that this is war.

It would be superfluous in me to point out to your Lordship that this is war.

It would be superfluous in me to point out to your Lordship that this is war.

It would be superfluous in me to point out to your Lordship that this is war.