If this phrase of the balance of power is to be always an argument for war, the pretext for war will never be wanting, and peace can never be secure.
Source: Speech, 31 March 1854, to House of Commons.
-- John Bright, (Nov 16 1811-1889), English politician, orator; He was active in the early Victorian campaigns for free trade and lower grain prices; co-founder of the Anti-Corn Law League.