We have entered upon a period of struggle. Our national fault is that too much softness has crept into our councils, and we imagine that great national dangers can be conjured by a plentiful administration of platitudes and rose-water. (Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury)

We have entered upon a period of struggle. Our national fault is that too much softness has crept into our councils, and we imagine that great national dangers can be conjured by a plentiful administration of platitudes and rose-water.

Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

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