"In effect, I was asking that if Russia……" — Edward Grey
"In effect, I was asking that if Russia mobilized against Austria, the German Government, who had been supporting the Austrian demand on Serbia, should ask Austria to consider some modification of her demands, under the threat of Russian mobilization."
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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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From the material point of view the proposal is unacceptable, for France, without further territory in Europe being taken from…
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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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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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