Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury - Policy Quotes
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It is clear enough that the traditional Palmerstonian policy [of British support for Ottoman territorial integrity] is at an end.
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
To defend a bad policy as an 'error of judgement' does not excuse it—the right functioning of a man's judgement is his most fundamental responsibility.
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
I wish the English army may be equal to all the work his peace-loving policy has given it.
Of gladstone
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
English policy is to float lazily downstream, occasionally putting out a diplomatic boat-hook to avoid collisions.
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
If I were asked to define Conservative policy, I should say that it was the upholding of confidence.
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
... the common sense of Christendom has always prescribed for national policy principles diametrically opposed to those that are laid down in the Sermon on the Mount.
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
There is not such thing as a fixed policy, because policy like all organic entities is always in the making.
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
