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Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury - I...
I would have devoted my whole efforts to securing the waterway to India – by the acquisition of Egypt or of Crete, and would in no way have discouraged the obliteration of Turkey. (Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury)

I would have devoted my whole efforts to securing the waterway to India – by the acquisition of Egypt or of Crete, and would in no way have discouraged the obliteration of Turkey.

Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

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