Quote#Homeland
When the people of one country understand how the people in another…
Quote byArthur Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede · 1871–1946
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Introduction.
English (original)
When the people of one country understand how the people in another country are duped, like themselves, in war-time, they will be more disposed to sympathize with them as victims than condemn them as criminal, because they will understand that their crime only consisted in obedience to the dictates of authority and acceptance of what their Government and Press represented to them as the truth.
— Arthur Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede
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