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Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
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NUMBER:
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784 |
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AUTHOR:
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Sir John Cotesworth Slessor (1897–1979) |
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QUOTATION:
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It is customary in democratic countries to deplore expenditure on armaments as conflicting with the requirements of the social services. There is a tendency to forget that the most important social service that a government can do for its people is to keep them alive and free. |
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ATTRIBUTION:
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SIR JOHN COTESWORTH SLESSOR, marshal of the Royal Air Force, Strategy for the West, chapter 4, p. 75 (1954). |
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SUBJECTS:
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Government—purpose of |
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