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Whether an independent Bohemia would be strong enough to hold her…

Quote byArthur Balfour · 1848–1930

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: First Lord of the Admiralty, Memorandum, 'The Peace Settlement in Europe' (November 1916), quoted in Blanche E. C. Dugdale, Arthur James Balfour, First Earl of Balfour, K.G., O.M., F.R.S., Etc. 1906–1930 (London: Hutchinson & Co. Ltd, 1936), p. 324.

English (original)

Whether an independent Bohemia would be strong enough to hold her own, from a military as well as from a commercial point of view, against Teutonic domination—surrounded as she is at present entirely by German influence—I do not know.

— Arthur Balfour

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