Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. Sir
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (18741965) If you hadnt
entered the World War we would have made peace with Germany
early in 1917. Had we made peace then there would have been no
collapse in Russia followed by communism, no break-down in Italy
followed by fascism, and Germany would not have signed the
Versailles Treaty, which has enthroned nazi-ism in Germany. In
other words, if America had stayed out of the war all of these
isms wouldnt today be sweeping the Continent of Europe and
breaking down parliamentary government, and if England had made
peace early in 1917, it would have saved over 1,000,000 British,
French, American, and other lives. Attributed to WINSTON
CHURCHILL, but denied by him.William Griffin, sworn statement,
September 8, 1939, reprinted in the Congressional Record,
October 21, 1939, vol. 84, p. 686. Griffin, publisher of the New
York Enquirer, said the conversation had taken place in London
during August 1936. Griffin brought a $1