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My idea of the manner of dealing with Russia is not to extract from…
Quote byRobert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury · 1830–1903
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Speech in Wrexham (21 April 1885), quoted in The Times (22 April 1885), p. 10.
English (original)
My idea of the manner of dealing with Russia is not to extract from her promises which she will not keep (cheers), but to say to her, "There is a point to which you shall not go (cheers), and if you go we will spare neither men nor money until you go back." (Loud cheers.)
— Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
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