"From the material point of view the proposal……" — Edward Grey
"From the material point of view the proposal is unacceptable, for France, without further territory in Europe being taken from her, could be so crushed as to lose her position as a Great Power, and become subordinate to German policy."
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Edward Grey
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12 Quotes by Edward Grey
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The lamps are going out all over Europe; we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime.
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Altogether apart from that, it would be a disgrace to us to make this bargain with Germany at the expense…
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I knew it to be very doubtful whether the Cabinet, Parliament, and the country would take this view on the…
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I said to the German Ambassador that, as long as there was only a dispute between Austria and Serbia alone,…
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I thought this must be obvious to everyone else, as it seemed obvious to me; and that, if once it…
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In effect, I was asking that if Russia mobilized against Austria, the German Government, who had been supporting the Austrian…
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Instead of a few hundreds of thousands of men meeting each other in war, millions would now meet, and modern…
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That Germany was so immensely strong and Austria so dependent upon German strength that the word and will of Germany…
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The German Emperor is ageing me; he is like a battleship with steam up and screws going, but with no…
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After a big war a nation doesn't want another for a generation or more.
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The moral is obvious: it is that great armaments lead inevitably to war.
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