Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax: Quotes about the world

Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax was British politician. Explore interesting quotes on world.
Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax: 34   quotes 2   likes

“If only we could find out for certain where Hitler and Mussolini are meeting tomorrow, and get one well-placed bomb, then the world might really take on a different appearance.”

Diary (17 June 1940), quoted in Andrew Roberts, ‘The Holy Fox’: The Life of Lord Halifax (Phoenix, 1997), p. 237
Foreign Secretary

“The threat of military force is holding the world to ransom, and our immediate task is…to resist aggression.”

Speech to the annual dinner of the Royal Institute of International Affairs (29 June 1939), quoted in The Times (30 June 1939), p. 9
Foreign Secretary