Quote#War
From the happy expression on their faces you might have supposed that…
Quote byMargot Asquith · 1864–1945
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Autobiography of Margot Asquith (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1963) p. 291. (1922).
English (original)
From the happy expression on their faces you might have supposed that they welcomed the war. I have met with men who loved stamps, and stones, and snakes, but I could not imagine any man loving war.
— Margot Asquith
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