We should seek by all means in our power to avoid war, by analysing possible causes, by trying to remove them, by discussion in a spirit of collaboration and good will.
Source: Speech, 6 Oct. 1938, to the House of Commons, one week after Chamberlain's return from the Munich Conference.
-- Neville Chamberlain, (Mar 18 1869-1940), English political leader; He was the conservative prime minister, 1937-40, who sought peace in our time through appeasement of Hitler.