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The example would spread, and I am not without hope that one or more…

Quote byEdward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon · 1862–1933

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Statement on the Treaty of General Arbitration with the United States (March 1911), quoted in G. M. Trevelyan, Grey of Fallodon; Being the Life of Sir Edward Grey afterwards Viscount Grey of Fallodon (1937), p. 206.

English (original)

The example would spread, and I am not without hope that one or more great European Powers would eventually make a similar agreement with us and the United States. The effect of such agreements on disarmament and the morale of international politics would be considerable.

— Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon

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