Quote#Politics & Power
The Baldwin government...has carried its support of the aggressive…
Quote byH. G. Wells · 1866–1946
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Way the World is Going, (1928).
English (original)
The Baldwin government...has carried its support of the aggressive and reactionary Mussolini dictatorship to a pitch which amounts to a virtual betrayal of both France and the republican régime in Germany.
— H. G. Wells
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