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.

Two 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.

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.

The ideal Government minister may well be someone who has no itch to run other people's lives.

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.

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

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