English policy is to float lazily downstream, occasionally putting out a diplomatic boat-hook to avoid collisions.


Letter to Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton (9 March 1877), as quoted in G. Cecil, The Life of Robert, Marquis of Salisbury. Volume II, p. 130.

Robert Gascoyne-Cecil Quotes

English policy is to float lazily downstream, occasionally putting out a diplomatic boat-hook to avoid collisions.

English policy is to float lazily downstream, occasionally putting out a diplomatic boat-hook to avoid collisions.

English policy is to float lazily downstream, occasionally putting out a diplomatic boat-hook to avoid collisions.

English policy is to float lazily downstream, occasionally putting out a diplomatic boat-hook to avoid collisions.