The Germans really conceive of their country as always under war conditions in this respect. No one expects a belligerent to tell the truth and, to the German mind, they are always belligerent. The Germans take the view that war is only intensified peace.


Letter to Lord Londonderry (May 1938); published in Wings of Destiny (1943) by Marquess of Londonderry, p. 211

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The Germans really conceive of their country as always under war conditions in this respect. No one expects a belligerent to tell the truth and, to...

The Germans really conceive of their country as always under war conditions in this respect. No one expects a belligerent to tell the truth and, to...

The Germans really conceive of their country as always under war conditions in this respect. No one expects a belligerent to tell the truth and, to...

The Germans really conceive of their country as always under war conditions in this respect. No one expects a belligerent to tell the truth and, to...