Léon Blum, speech in the Chamber of Deputies against the Hoare–Laval Pact (December 1935), quoted in Geoffrey Warner, Pierre Laval and the Eclipse of France (1968), p. 126
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You have tried to give and to keep. You wanted to have your cake and eat it. You cancelled your words by your deeds and your deeds by your words. You have debased everything by fixing, intrigue and slickness... Not sensitive enough to the importance of great moral issues, you have reduced everything to the level of your petty methods.
— Léon Blum on Pierre Laval
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "You have tried to give and to keep. You wanted to have your cake and eat it. You cancelled your words by your deeds and your deeds by your words. You have debased everything by fixing, intrigue and slickness... Not sensitive enough to the importance of great moral issues, you have reduced everything to the level of your petty methods." in the context of "Léon Blum, speech in the Chamber of Deputies against the Hoare–Laval Pact (December 1935), quoted in Geoffrey Warner, Pierre Laval and the Eclipse of France (1968), p. 126" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Pierre Laval" (Quotes about Pierre Laval)
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About Léon Blum
André Léon Blum (9 April 1872 – 30 March 1950) was a French politician, identified with the moderate left, and three times Prime Minister of France.
About Léon Blum
André Léon Blum (9 April 1872 – 30 March 1950) was a French politician, identified with the moderate left, and three times Prime Minister of France.
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