"I knew it to be very doubtful whether……" — Edward Grey

"I knew it to be very doubtful whether the Cabinet, Parliament, and the country would take this view on the outbreak of war, and through the whole of this week I had in view the probable contingency that we should not decide at the critical moment to support France."

— Edward Grey

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