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To apply this mindset, we must recognize that even our attempts to remain neutral can have unintended consequences, and that a more nuanced approach, one that acknowledges the complexities and ambiguities of the situation, is often the most effective way to navigate these challenges.",{"id":50,"quote_text":51,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":52,"source":53,"quote_tag":54,"commentary":9},1510028,"The moral is obvious: it is that great armaments lead inevitably to war.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[55],{"id":56,"tag":57},4504971,{"id":58,"tag_name":59},2960,"great",{"id":61,"quote_text":62,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":63,"source":64,"quote_tag":65,"commentary":9},1510024,"Under modern conditions whole nations could be mobilized at once and their whole life-blood and resources poured out in a torrent.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[66],{"id":67,"tag":68},4504966,{"id":69,"tag_name":70},2355,"conditions",{"id":72,"quote_text":73,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":74,"source":75,"quote_tag":76,"commentary":9},1510020,"I knew it to be very doubtful whether the Cabinet, Parliament, and the country would take this view on the outbreak of war, and through the whole of this week I had in view the probable contingency that we should not decide at the critical moment to support France.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[77],{"id":78,"tag":79},4504962,{"id":80,"tag_name":81},3625,"country",{"id":83,"quote_text":84,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":85,"source":86,"quote_tag":87,"commentary":9},1510014,"After a big war a nation doesn't want another for a generation or more.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[88],{"id":89,"tag":90},4504958,{"id":91,"tag_name":92},496,"war",{"id":94,"quote_text":95,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":96,"source":97,"quote_tag":98,"commentary":9},1510009,"The Chancellor also in effect asks us to bargain away whatever obligation or interest we have as regards the neutrality of Belgium. 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