There is a phrase which seems in itself somewhat self-evident, which is often used to account for a good deal—that 'war is war'. But when you come to ask about it, then you are told that the war now going on is not war. [Laughter] When is a war not a war? When it is carried on by methods of barbarism in South Africa.


speech to National Reform Union, 14 June 1901

Henry Campbell-Bannerman Quotes

There is a phrase which seems in itself somewhat self-evident, which is often used to account for a good deal—that 'war is war'. But when you come...

There is a phrase which seems in itself somewhat self-evident, which is often used to account for a good deal—that 'war is war'. But when you come...

There is a phrase which seems in itself somewhat self-evident, which is often used to account for a good deal—that 'war is war'. But when you come...

There is a phrase which seems in itself somewhat self-evident, which is often used to account for a good deal—that 'war is war'. But when you come...