Peace for our time
![Neville Chamberlain showing the Anglo-German Declaration to a crowd at Heston Aerodrome in front of G-AFGN, a British Airways Lockheed 14, on 30 September 1938](/Images/godic/202502/01/MunichAgreement0628.jpg")
"Peace for our time" is a phrase, spoken on 30 September 1938 by British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain in his speech concerning the Munich Agreement and the Anglo-German Declaration. The phrase echoed Benjamin Disraeli, who, upon returning from the Congress of Berlin in 1878, stated, "I have returned from Germany with peace for our time" It is primarily remembered for its ironic value: less than a year after the agreement, Hitler's continued aggression and his invasion of Poland was followed by declarations of war on Germany by France and the United Kingdom.