Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury Quote

If you consider the position of the Russians ethically, it is as bad as can be. Negotiating with them is like catching soaped eels.


to Joseph Chamberlain, 1899; Andrew Roberts Salisbury: Victorian Titan (1999)


If you consider the position of the Russians ethically, it is as bad as can be. Negotiating with them is like catching soaped eels.

If you consider the position of the Russians ethically, it is as bad as can be. Negotiating with them is like catching soaped eels.

If you consider the position of the Russians ethically, it is as bad as can be. Negotiating with them is like catching soaped eels.

If you consider the position of the Russians ethically, it is as bad as can be. Negotiating with them is like catching soaped eels.