The lamps are going out all over Europe; we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime. — Edward Grey Europe Copy Share Image
After a big war a nation doesn't want another for a generation or more. — Edward Grey After Copy Share Image
I said to the German Ambassador that, as long as there was only a dispute between Austria and Serbia alone, I did… — Edward Grey Alone Copy Share Image
Altogether apart from that, it would be a disgrace to us to make this bargain with Germany at the expense of France,… — Edward Grey Altogether Copy Share Image
That Germany was so immensely strong and Austria so dependent upon German strength that the word and will of Germany would at… — Edward Grey Austria Copy Share Image
“If you only live to regret your past, you'll never live to love your future.” — Edward Grey Past Copy Share Image
“Sinister are the thoughts that help you run from reality and forsake rationality.” — Edward Grey Copy Share Image
Instead of a few hundreds of thousands of men meeting each other in war, millions would now meet, and modern weapons would… — Edward Grey Destruction Copy Share Image
In effect, I was asking that if Russia mobilized against Austria, the German Government, who had been supporting the Austrian demand on… — Edward Grey Against Copy Share Image
I knew it to be very doubtful whether the Cabinet, Parliament, and the country would take this view on the outbreak of… — Edward Grey Cabinet Copy Share Image
The German Emperor is ageing me; he is like a battleship with steam up and screws going, but with no rudder, and… — Edward Grey Ageing Copy Share Image
From the material point of view the proposal is unacceptable, for France, without further territory in Europe being taken from her, could… — Edward Grey Become Copy Share Image
