A time will come when a politician who has wilfully made war and promoted international dissension will be as sure of the dock and much surer of the noose than a private homicide. It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not stake their own.

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H.G. Wells was a 19th-century English writer. Herbert George Wells was an English writer, prolific in many genres. He wrote more than forty novels and dozens of short stories. Read more on Wikipedia →

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  • War — Reflections on conflict, peace, and the human cost of war

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