chrisrossini on Nostr: Below is Lord Salisbury describing England's terrible foreign policy in 1897. Which ...
Below is Lord Salisbury describing England's terrible foreign policy in 1897.
Which nation replicated England and has ended up in the same rotten mess?
You get one hint. The nation came into being by separating itself from England.
Lord Salisbury: “I have a strong belief that there is a danger of…believing that it is our duty to take everything we can, to fight everybody, and to make a quarrel of every dispute.
That seems to me a very dangerous doctrine, not merely because it might incite other nations against us…but there is a more serious danger, that is lest we overtax our strength.
However strong you may be, whether you are a man or a nation, there is a point beyond which your strength will not go. It is madness; it ends in ruin if you allow yourself to pass beyond it.”
Which nation replicated England and has ended up in the same rotten mess?
You get one hint. The nation came into being by separating itself from England.
Lord Salisbury: “I have a strong belief that there is a danger of…believing that it is our duty to take everything we can, to fight everybody, and to make a quarrel of every dispute.
That seems to me a very dangerous doctrine, not merely because it might incite other nations against us…but there is a more serious danger, that is lest we overtax our strength.
However strong you may be, whether you are a man or a nation, there is a point beyond which your strength will not go. It is madness; it ends in ruin if you allow yourself to pass beyond it.”