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Walter E. Edge

A weapon is either offensive or defensive according to which end of it you are looking at.

Disarmament discussions are quite technical and subtle. Often government try and make a distinction between offensive and defensive weapons. Edge’s quotation is classic.

Walter E. Edge

The word SECURITY is the first and last chapter of the constitution of France.

Walter E. Edge

... They depended far more on their physical power of oratory than upon any semblance of argument ... with small regard for modesty, truth or time.

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Walter E. Edge

Born: November 20, 1873
Died: October 29, 1956
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Walter Evans Edge was an American diplomat and politician. A Republican, he was twice the Governor of New Jersey, from 1917 to 1919 and again from 1944 to 1947, serving as governor during both World War I and World War II. Edge also served as United States Senator representing New Jersey from 1919 to 1929 and as United States Ambassador to France from 1929 to 1933.

WALTER E. EDGE

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