"That Germany was so immensely strong and Austria……" — Edward Grey
"That Germany was so immensely strong and Austria so dependent upon German strength that the word and will of Germany would at the critical moment be decisive with Austria."
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12 Quotes by Edward Grey
Edward Grey has 12 quotes on this site.
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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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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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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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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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More Austria Quotes
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Must we be put to shame by much smaller and poorer countries, by Ireland, France, Austria or Sweden, who have…
— Theodore Bikel
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I would definitely return to Austria. They were all good experiences for me, but definitely Austria because there were some…
— Nicolas Cage
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We went to Austria to train and it was so peaceful. And I love coffee and the coffee was great.
— Alex Morgan
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Germany neither intends nor wishes to interfere in the internal affair of Austria, to annex Austria, or to conclude an…
— Adolf Hitler
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We are fighting Germany, Austria and drink, and as far as I can see, the greatest of these three deadly…
— David Lloyd George
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Throughout the first half of the nineteenth century, the (Rothschild) brothers conducted important transactions on behalf of the governments of…
— G. Edward Griffin
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My fellow Americans, this is an amazing moment for me. To think that a once scrawny boy from Austria could…
— Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Young people want to be famous before they know how to cook, before they know how to treat people, before…
— Wolfgang Puck
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I am a Yugoslav nationalist, aiming for the unification of all Yugoslavs, and I do not care what form of…
— Gavrilo Princip
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I was born in Munich, and my father was stationed in Salzburg. For the first three years of my life,…
— Rick Atkinson
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The ministers and the Jacobins are making the king declare war tomorrow on Austria. The ministers are hoping that this…
— Marie Antoinette
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Let others make war, you happy Austria marry, for kingdoms given to others by Mars, Venus will give to you.
— Unknown Author
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