That, if war came, the interest of Britain required that we should not stand aside, while France fought alone in the West, but must support her.
More Quotes from Edward Grey:
A conviction that a great European war under modem conditions would be a catastrophe for which previous wars afforded no precedent.Edward Grey
I cannot conceive any point which can arise in the immediate future which would bring ourselves and the Germans into antagonism of interests.
Edward Grey
After a big war a nation doesn't want another for a generation or more.
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.
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.
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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