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It is easy to say that we ought not to have got into this conflict, and to that I might agree.
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Whitelaw Reid
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gutenberg.orgWhitelaw Reid: “It is easy to say that we ought not to have got into this conflict, and to that I might agree.”
Editor's note · Context
Reid acknowledges the complexity of conflict and the tendency to critique decisions made during such times.
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