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.
Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of FallodonThe ideal Government minister may well be someone who has no itch to run other people's lives.
Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of FallodonI 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.
Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of FallodonI believe the only way you can make sure that submarines will not be abused in future wars is that there should be no submarines.
Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon