I really think that the Liberal Party is dead and that one will simply have to think of men and policies after the war - not of parties.
Lord Aberdeen
Letter to his wife during World War I
Category: Liberal Democrats, Liberal Party, World War I
It would have been very much better for the world if Britain had remained neutral and the Germans had won a quick victory. We should not have had either the Nazis or the Communists if that had happened.
Bertrand Russell 1959
On 1914
Category: World War I
The Admiralty has demanded six, the Treasury said we could only have four so we compromised on eight.
Winston Churchill
On defence procurement during WW1
Category: Defence, Treasury, HM, World War I
One to mislead the public, another to mislead the Cabinet and the third to mislead itself.
H H Asquith
On ebing told the War Office kept three sets of figures.
Category: Statistics, World War I
I do not stare at a gentleman in distress.
Arthur Balfour 1919
On the German emissary at the Versailles Peace Conference
Category: Germany, World War I
I work for a Government I despise for ends I think criminal.
John Maynard Keynes 12/1917
Category: World War I
The lamps are going out all over Europe.
Edward Grey 03/08/1914
On the eve of World War I
Category: 100 Best Quotes Ever, World War I
