--- title: "1 Foreign Office Quotes By James Aldridge" description: "1 Foreign Office quotes by James Aldridge. Plus more from James Aldridge and more Foreign Office sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf1/james-aldridge-23659_british-foreign-offi_this-solid-permanence-in-foreign-office_1399460.jpg" --- > [“This solid permanence in Foreign Office affairs had always antagonized MacGregor: there was something threatening and deadly and over-sure in it. The building itself was far more flexible and animate than its regular and eternal inhabitants who demanded such rigid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-aldridge/this-solid-permanence-in-foreign-office-affairs-had-always/) [James Aldridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-aldridge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf1/james-aldridge-23659_british-foreign-offi_this-solid-permanence-in-foreign-office_1399460.jpg) ## More by James Aldridge > [“If we do not stop these mar-makers not,...it will soon be too late. We are the only nation that can halt this crusade. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-aldridge/if-we-do-not-stop-these-mar-makers-not-it-will-soon-be-too-late-we/) [James Aldridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-aldridge/) > [“The Americans love to play diplomacy by making scares. It's a crude method.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-aldridge/the-americans-love-to-play-diplomacy-by-making-scares-it-s-a-crude/) [James Aldridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-aldridge/) > [“Religious fanaticism is simply good politics in the middle-eastern countries.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-aldridge/religious-fanaticism-is-simply-good-politics-in-the-middle-eastern/) [James Aldridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-aldridge/) > [“Firstly, the Azerbaijanian struggle for a measure of autonomy and self-government is genuine and is locally inspired. The facts of history and existing conditions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-aldridge/firstly-the-azerbaijanian-struggle-for-a-measure-of-autonomy-and-self/) [James Aldridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-aldridge/) > [“America capital has taken up this easy banner of world disorder and we are simply the poor willing fools that follow on behind. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-aldridge/america-capital-has-taken-up-this-easy-banner-of-world-disorder-and/) [James Aldridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-aldridge/) > [“How do you English Socialists believe in Empire like that?' Steele said to Holmes. 'Empire is inimical to Democracy and it has no right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-aldridge/how-do-you-english-socialists-believe-in-empire-like-that-steele-said/) [James Aldridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-aldridge/) > [“A man may have the right to criticize the Government, but I'm hanged if he has a right to brazenly use his free speech…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-aldridge/a-man-may-have-the-right-to-criticize-the-government-but-i-m-hanged/) [James Aldridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-aldridge/) > [“I'd like you to see that we are interfering too drastically. WE can't just assume so completely that Azerbaijan is in the hands of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-aldridge/i-d-like-you-to-see-that-we-are-interfering-too-drastically-we-can-t/) [James Aldridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-aldridge/) > [“This solid permanence in Foreign Office affairs had always antagonized MacGregor: there was something threatening and deadly and over-sure in it. The building itself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-aldridge/this-solid-permanence-in-foreign-office-affairs-had-always/) [James Aldridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-aldridge/) > [“Nothing that was said in here would decide MacGregor's fate. That decision was being made elsewhere. This was not the highest Court in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-aldridge/nothing-that-was-said-in-here-would-decide-macgregor-s-fate-that/) [James Aldridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-aldridge/) > [ “You are claiming that the Soviet authorities began and influenced the existence of the Democratic Party \[in Iran\]. That is the basis of all… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-aldridge/you-are-claiming-that-the-soviet-authorities-began-and-influenced-the/) [James Aldridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-aldridge/) > [“MacGregor shrugged. 'More than the population are opium addicts,' he said. 'Don't dismiss it like that,' she told him impatiently. 'I'm not dismissing it,'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-aldridge/macgregor-shrugged-more-than-the-population-are-opium-addicts-he-said/) [James Aldridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-aldridge/) > [“It's easy these days to buy a nation, but it's quite difficult to take it by force.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-aldridge/it-s-easy-these-days-to-buy-a-nation-but-it-s-quite-difficult-to-take/) [James Aldridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-aldridge/) > [“The Honourable Lady confuses the American people with American policy… It is the very generosity of the American people which makes it possible for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-aldridge/the-honourable-lady-confuses-the-american-people-with-american-policy/) [James Aldridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-aldridge/) > [“I have betrayed no confidence and no trust. I simply wrote a letter in which I stated the truth--for the Government or anybody else.'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-aldridge/i-have-betrayed-no-confidence-and-no-trust-i-simply-wrote-a-letter-in/) [James Aldridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-aldridge/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/foreign-office/james-aldridge/#itemlist", "name": "1 Foreign Office Quotes By James Aldridge", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“This solid permanence in Foreign Office affairs had always antagonized MacGregor: there was something threatening and deadly and over-sure in it. The building itself was far more flexible and animate than its regular and eternal inhabitants who demanded such rigid conformity of anyone entering the kingdom. 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