As things are now going, the peace we will make, the peace we seem to be making, will be a peace of oil, a peace of gold, a peace of shipping, a peace, in brief... without moral purpose or human interest.

Archibald MacLeish
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This quote is actually a part of a speech that David Lloyd George made to the House of Commons in 1921. He was the prime minister of the United Kingdom at the time, and he mainly wanted to address how the country was growing increasingly reliant on trade with other countries instead of focusing on what made Britain great. This wasn’t just about money, it was about the morals of the country and its role in the world.

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