"What a Mean Trick to Turn on That Strong Light!"
Peace must be framed on so equitable a basis that the nations
would not wish to disturb it. It must be guaranteed by destruction
of Prussian military power, so that the confidence of the German
people shall be put in the equity of their cause and not in the might
of their armies. . . . Europe is again drenched with the blood of its bravest
and its best, but do not forget the great succession of hallowed causes.
They are the stations of the cross on the road to the emancipation of
mankind. I again appeal to the people of this country and beyond that
they should continue to fight for the great goal of international rights
and international justice, so that never again shall brute force sit on the
throne of justice nor barbaric strength wield the sceptre over liberty."
From the Rt. Hon. David Lloyd-George's Glasgow speech on war aims, June 29, 1917
