I am speaking to you from the Cabinet Room at 10 Downing Street. This morning the British Ambassador in Berlin handed the German Government an official note stating that unless we heard from them by eleven o'clock, that they were prepared at once to withdraw their troops from Poland, a state of war would exist between us. I have to tell you now that no such undertaking has been received, and consequently this country is at war with Germany.
Finland must not be allowed to disappear off the map. - Neville Chamberlain
Finland must not be allowed to disappear off the map.
- Neville Chamberlain
We should seek by all means in our power to avoid war, by analysing possible causes, by trying to remove them, by discussion in a spirit of collabora… - Neville Chamberlain
We should seek by all means in our power to avoid war, by analysing possible causes, by trying to remove them, by discussion in a spirit of collabora…
This is a sad day for all of us, and to none is it sadder than to me. Everything that I have worked for, everything that I have hoped for, everything… - Neville Chamberlain
This is a sad day for all of us, and to none is it sadder than to me. Everything that I have worked for, everything that I have hoped for, everything…
Armed conflict between nations is a nightmare to me; but if I were convinced that any nation had made up its mind to dominate the world by fear of it… - Neville Chamberlain
Armed conflict between nations is a nightmare to me; but if I were convinced that any nation had made up its mind to dominate the world by fear of it…
We would fight not for the political future of a distant city [Danzig], rather for principles whose destruction would ruin the possibility of peace a… - Neville Chamberlain
We would fight not for the political future of a distant city [Danzig], rather for principles whose destruction would ruin the possibility of peace a…
Thrift is that habit of character that prompts one to work for what he gets, to earn what is paid him; to invest a part of his earnings; to spend wis… - Neville Chamberlain
Thrift is that habit of character that prompts one to work for what he gets, to earn what is paid him; to invest a part of his earnings; to spend wis…
It is evil things that we will be fighting against-brute force, bad faith, injustice, oppression and persecution-and against them I am certain that t… - Neville Chamberlain
It is evil things that we will be fighting against-brute force, bad faith, injustice, oppression and persecution-and against them I am certain that t…
However much we may sympathize with a small nation confronted by a big and powerful neighbor, we cannot in all circumstances undertake to involve the… - Neville Chamberlain
However much we may sympathize with a small nation confronted by a big and powerful neighbor, we cannot in all circumstances undertake to involve the…
We are resolved that the method of consultation shall be the method adopted to deal with any other questions that may concern our two countries, and … - Neville Chamberlain
We are resolved that the method of consultation shall be the method adopted to deal with any other questions that may concern our two countries, and …
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