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Every nation has its war party... It is commercial, imperialistic, ruthless. It tolerates no opposition.

Remember that a civilized nation cannot just have one party; if there were only one party, this would merely be a dictatorship. Politics could not advance.

I still think it would be a great mistake to go into a war without support of our friends and allies.

Most of the international community, most of the countries around the world, don't want any side, any party to take unilateral steps. They would like that all of us to stick to the road map.

I will not attempt to deny the reasonableness and necessity of a party war; but in carrying on that war all principles and rules of justice should not be departed from.

I do not intend, we do not intend, that any party shall survive, if we can help it, that will lay the confiscating hand upon Americans in the interest of England or of Europe.

We all want a world without war, without conflict, without human suffering.

A world without war is not in the cards.

We have war when at least one of the parties to a conflict wants something more than it wants peace.

I don't think that has to be our choice... This party was born in principle. This party will die if it doesn't stand by its decision of principle.