"Whatever we do or fail to do will influence the course of history." ― Arthur Henderson Topic(s): History More From Arthur Henderson "It is because I believe that it is in the power of such nations to lead the world back into the paths of peace that I propose to devote myself to explaining what, in my opinion, can and should be done to banish the fear of war that hangs so heavily over the world." "The vast upheaval of the World War set in motion forces that will either destroy civilization or raise mankind to undreamed of heights of human welfare and prosperity." "We had four years of world war which the peoples endured only because they were told that their sufferings would free humanity forever from the scourge of war." More In History "It is in the admission of ignorance and the admission of uncertainty that there is a hope for the continuous motion of human beings in some direction that doesn’t get confined, permanently blocked, as it has so many times before in various periods in the history of man."― Richard P. Feynman "Permanent superiority has never been realized by any nation in history. After the rise comes the fall."― Paul Harris "World War II ended the Great Depression with one of the great public-private industrial collaborations in the history of man."― Jon Meacham