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Anthony Eden Quotes

We are not at war with Egypt. We are in an armed conflict.

1956 On the Suez crisis, House of Commons, 4 Nov.

You may gain temporary appeasement by a policy of concession to violence, but you do not gain lasting peace that way.

Anthony Eden (Earl of Avon) (1965). “The Reckoning: The Memoirs of Anthony Eden, Earl of Avon”

All prejudices are equally fatal to good government.

Anthony Eden (Earl of Avon) (1969). “Days for decision”

Drift is the demon of democracy.

Anthony Eden (Earl of Avon) (1960). “The Eden Memoirs”