Guy de Maupassant Quote

Any government has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ship's captain has to avoid a shipwreck.


Variant translation: Every government has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ship's captain has to avoid a shipwreck. - Sur l'eau (1888)


Any government has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ship's captain has to avoid a shipwreck.

Any government has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ship's captain has to avoid a shipwreck.

Any government has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ship's captain has to avoid a shipwreck.

Any government has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ship's captain has to avoid a shipwreck.