We are ordained to walk here in the same track together for many a long day to come. You cannot do without us. We should be impotent without you. Let… - George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston

It is not one, I think, of which we have any cause to be ashamed. We have endeavoured to exercise a steadying and moderating influence in the politics of the world, and I think and hope that we have conveyed not merely the impression, but the conviction that, whatever other Governments or countries may do, the British Government is never untrue to its word, is never disloyal to its colleagues or its allies, never does anything underhand or mean; and if this conviction be widespread, as I believe it to be, that is the real basis of the moral authority which the British Empire has long exerted and, I believe, will long continue to exert in the affairs of mankind.

The obstacle has been Mackenzie King, the Canadian, who is both obstinate, tiresome and stupid.

<nowiki>[</nowiki>Japan is] a restless and aggressive Power, full of energy, somewhat like the Germans in mentality, seeking in every direction to push out and find an outlet for her ambitions.