Securitycan only be obtained bya scheme by whichthe nations of Europe and outside agree together that all will guarantee each, and each will guarantee all. The purposes ofthewar will be attained ifthereisa League of Nations with an absolute and decisive veto upon any mere aggression, and consideration of any legitimate claims that any of the countries engaged in the war may be able to make good.

-Lees-Smith, Hastings Bernard
  House of Commons, 21 Oct.

On a dit que la beaute¤   est une promesse de bonheur. Inversement, la possibilite¤   du plaisir peut e"  tre un commencement de beaute¤  . It has been said that beauty is a guarantee of happiness. Conversely, the possibility of pleasure can be the beginning of beauty.

-Proust, Marcel
' 1923  A la recherche du temps perdu,'La Prisonni e' re'.

I am sincere; and my intentions are perfectly honourable. I think you will accept the fact that I'm an Englishman as a guarantee that I am not a man to act hastily or romantically.

-Shaw, George Bernard
  Tom Broadbent to Nora Reilly. John Bull's Other Island, act 2.