Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon

The internal peace of every country depends upon the knowledge that force is available to uphold law.

— Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon

The ideal Government minister may well be someone who has no itch to run other people's lives.

— Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon

The time must come to all of us, who live long, when memory is more than prospect. An angler who has reached…

— Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon

Nations are always making mistakes because they do not understand each other's psychology.

— Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon

Two temptations that impair the value of their work inevitably beset public men who write memoirs. One is a tendency to reconstruct…

— Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon

I believe the only way you can make sure that submarines will not be abused in future wars is that there should…

— Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon

I am getting to an age when I can only enjoy the last sport left. It is called hunting for your spectacles.

— Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon

There is no security for any power unless it be a security in which its neighbours have an equal share.

— Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon

The British Army should be a projectile to be fired by the British Navy.

— Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon