"The moral is obvious: it is that great……" — Edward Grey
"The moral is obvious: it is that great armaments lead inevitably to war."
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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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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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More Armaments Quotes
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Behold a republic standing erect while empires all around are bowed beneath the weight of their own armaments - a…
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In my opinion there is no other salvation for civilization and even for the human race than the creation of…
— Albert Einstein
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I am firmly convinced that in the world of today all nations will be forced to the conclusion that cooperation…
— Cordell Hull
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So many in our world today are suffering from isolation, war and oppression. So much money is spent on the…
— Jean Vanier
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The very existence of armaments and great armies psychologically accustoms us to accept the philosophy of militarism. They inevitably increase…
— Norman Thomas
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It is my thesis that flying saucers are real and that they are space ships from another solar system. I…
— Hermann Oberth
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There is a common belief that under modern conditions peace cannot be assured except on the basis of an equal…
— Pope John XXIII
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We are firmly convinced, and we act on that conviction, that with nations as with individuals our interests soundly calculated…
— Thomas Jefferson
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If a country develops an economic system that is based on how to pay for the war, and if the…
— Unknown Author
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The peoples of many countries are being taxed to the point of poverty and starvation... to enable governments to engage…
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
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People, and not only Americans, are losing their sons, husbands, brothers, and fathers for no other reason than the profits…
— Paul Craig Roberts
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Third, there is value in any experience that exercises those ethical restraints collectively called 'sportsmanship'. Our tools for the pursuit…
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