George V of the United Kingdom Quote

The Old Country must wake up if she intends to maintain her old position of pre-eminence in her Colonial trade against foreign competitors.


Speech at Guildhall, 5 Dec 1901, quoted in Harold Nicolson, King George V (1952), p.73


The Old Country must wake up if she intends to maintain her old position of pre-eminence in her Colonial trade against foreign competitors.

The Old Country must wake up if she intends to maintain her old position of pre-eminence in her Colonial trade against foreign competitors.

The Old Country must wake up if she intends to maintain her old position of pre-eminence in her Colonial trade against foreign competitors.

The Old Country must wake up if she intends to maintain her old position of pre-eminence in her Colonial trade against foreign competitors.