We do not believe that military alliances are going to bring security. We believe that a military alliance in an agreement for security is like a gra… - Ramsay MacDonald

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We do not believe that military alliances are going to bring security. We believe that a military alliance in an agreement for security is like a grain of mustard seed—small to begin with. That is the essential seed of the agreement, and that seed with the years will grow and grow and grow, until at last the tree that has been produced from it will overshadow the heavens, and we shall be back exactly in the military position in which we found ourselves in 1914.

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About Ramsay MacDonald

Ramsay MacDonald (12 October 1866 – 9 November 1937) was a British statesman who was the first ever Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, leading a Labour Government in 1924, a Labour Government from 1929 to 1931, and a National Government from 1931 to 1935.

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Birth Name: James Ramsay MacDonald James McDonald Ramsay
Alternative Names: J. R. M. J. Ramsay McDonald J. Ramsay MacDonald
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