Quote#War
The tragedy of the War is now to be followed by the greater tragedy…
Quote byArthur MacManus · 1889–1927
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Fourteen Points, Halifax Division of the Socialist Labour Party, (1918).
English (original)
The tragedy of the War is now to be followed by the greater tragedy of peace. The ostensible plea for the War as a struggle for the freedom of small nations now becomes clear as a War of Imperialism. The War for the so-called democratisation of Germany has now turned into a War for the crushing of the rising working class of Europe.
— Arthur MacManus
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