Robert Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon, 1897 - 1977
Watercolor on canvas by William Little (ca. 1939 - 1946)
Born: 12 June 1897, West Auckland, County Durham, England, UK
Died: 14 January 1977, Alvediston, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK
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- Corruption never has been compulsory. permalink
Anthony Eden - Every succeeding scientific discovery makes greater nonsense of old-time conceptions of sovereignty. permalink
Anthony Eden - Everyone is always in favour of general economy and particular expenditure. permalink
Anthony Eden - I do not believe that we can make progress in European appeasement if we allow the impression to gain currency abroad that we yield to constant pressure. I am certain in my own mind that progress depends above all on the temper of the nation, and that temper must find expression in a firm spirit. This spirit I am confident is there. Not to give voice it is, I believe, fair neither to this country nor to the world. permalink
Anthony Eden - resigning as Foreign Secretary (21 February 1938) - If you drive a nation to adopt procedures which run counter to its instincts, you weaken and may destroy the motive force of its action. permalink
Anthony Eden - speech at Columbia University (January 1952) - If you've broken the eggs, you should make the omelette. permalink
Anthony Eden - Man should be master of his environment, not its slave. That is what freedom means. permalink
Anthony Eden - No democratic world will work as it should work until we recognize that we can only enjoy any right so long as we are prepared to discharge its equivalent duty. This applies just as much to states in their dealing with one another as to individuals within the states. permalink
Anthony Eden - Our quarrel is not with Egypt, still less with the Arab world. It is with Colonel Nasser. He has shown that he is not a man who can be trusted to keep an agreement. Now he has torn up all his country's promises to the Suez Canal Company and has even gone back on his own statements. permalink
Anthony Eden - "Oil route 'a matter of life and death'" - The Times (9 August 1956) - That is a good question for you to ask, not a wise question for me to answer. permalink
Anthony Eden - There is no doubt in our minds that Nasser, whether he likes it or not, is now effectively in Russian hands, just as Mussolini was in Hitler's. It would be as ineffective to show weakness to Nasser now in order to placate him as it was to show weakness to Mussolini. permalink
Anthony Eden - to President Eisenhower (1 October 1956) - We are not at war with Egypt. We are in an armed conflict. permalink
Anthony Eden - We best avoid wars by taking even physical action to stop small ones. permalink
Anthony Eden - We cannot agree that an act of plunder which threatens the livelihood of many nations should be allowed to succeed. permalink
Anthony Eden - broadcast (8 August 1956)
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