Perhaps I am sentimental--
MINISTER OF WAR
[_Gently._
Your Majesty is humane, but perhaps a deeper humanity demands a
hardening of the heart sometimes.
KING
[_To_ MINISTER OF WAR.
But you always detested war. You called yourself my Minister not of War,
but of Peace.
MINISTER OF WAR
[_Rigidly._
When the honor of our country is at stake--
KING
[_Impatiently._
But nobody is attacking our honor!
PRIME MINISTER
[_Bluntly._
The case is as I said. We need this war, and we must have it.
KING
[_Torn by his conflicting desires._
I cannot let you resign. There is no one else I can trust as I trust you
three. But not war, not war!
PRIME MINISTER
I am a lover of peace, but the time has come when we must have war.
MINISTER OF WAR
It is our sacred duty, your Majesty, to draw our swords for light and
justice when God calls!
CHIEF OF STAFF
And God has always been with us. God will be with us now!
KING
[_White and tense._
You are three strong men against me. I want peace, but I am helpless
without you three.
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