The ideal Government minister may well be someone who has no itch to run other people's lives.
Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of FallodonI 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.
Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of FallodonThe lamps are going out all over Europe; we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime.
Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of FallodonTwo temptations that impair the value of their work inevitably beset public men who write memoirs. One is a tendency to reconstruct the past to suit the present views and feelings of the writer; the other is a natual desire to set his own part in affairs in a pleasing light.
Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon