The lamps are going out all over Europe; we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime.

I thought this must be obvious to everyone else, as it seemed obvious to me; and that, if once it became apparent that we were on the edge, all the Great Powers would call a halt and recoil from the abyss.

There is no security for any power unless it be a security in which its neighbours have an equal share.

The British Army should be a projectile to be fired by the British Navy.

I believe the only way you can make sure that submarines will not be abused in future wars is that there should be no submarines.

I am getting to an age when I can only enjoy the last sport left. It is called hunting for your spectacles.

I had furthermore spoken on the assumption that Russia would mobilize, whereas the assumption of the German Government had hitherto been, officially, that Serbia would receive no support; and what I had said must influence the German Government to take the matter seriously.