Quote#War
It would be superfluous in me to point out to your Lordship that this…
Quote byCharles Francis Adams Sr. · 1807–1886
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Dispatch to John Russell at a period of diplomatic tensions between the US and Britain during the US Civil War (5 September 1863); Correspondence concerning Claims against Great Britain, vol. 2 (Washington, D.C., 1870), p. 365.
English (original)
It would be superfluous in me to point out to your Lordship that this is war.
— Charles Francis Adams Sr.
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