Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston · 1865

c. 1865Exact date was not recorded in the sourceDirect quote68% confidence

“I will venture to lay it down as a general principle, that there are no better means for securing the continuance of peace, than to have it known that the possessions in the neighbourhood of a foreign state are in a condition to repel attack. I am firmly persuaded that among nations, weakness will never be a foundation for security.”

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