[W]hat really determines the Foreign Policy of this country is the question of sea power. It is the Naval question which underlies the whole of our E… - Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon

[The United States is like] a gigantic boiler. Once the fire is lighted under it there is no limit to the power it can generate.

Had it not been for the Anglo-Russian agreement the Russians would either have interfered to keep the Shah on the throne or their troops would have been in Tehran long before this.

The example would spread, and I am not without hope that one or more great European Powers would eventually make a similar agreement with us and the United States. The effect of such agreements on disarmament and the morale of international politics would be considerable.