Judging others by themselves, the English, who are blinded by their loyalty, have always thought that the Germans did not abide by their pledges inscribed in the Versailles Treaty because they had not frankly agreed to them... We, on the contrary, believe that if Germany, far from making the slightest effort to carry out the treaty of peace, has always tried to escape her obligations, it is because until now she has not been convinced of her defeat... We are also certain that Germany, as a nation, resigns herself to keep her pledged word only under the impact of necessity.


Letter to Charles de Saint-Aulaire, French ambassador to Britain (c. December 1922), quoted in Leopold Schwarzschild, World in Trance (London: Hamish Hamilton, 1943), p. 140.

Raymond Poincaré Quotes

Judging others by themselves, the English, who are blinded by their loyalty, have always thought that the Germans did not abide by their pledges...

Judging others by themselves, the English, who are blinded by their loyalty, have always thought that the Germans did not abide by their pledges...

Judging others by themselves, the English, who are blinded by their loyalty, have always thought that the Germans did not abide by their pledges...

Judging others by themselves, the English, who are blinded by their loyalty, have always thought that the Germans did not abide by their pledges...