Robert Cecil Quotes


We go about peace in a very belligerent way, don't we.


Context

In 1946 the maneuvering and posturing of the United Nations delegates led him to remark: Viscount Cecil of Chelwood


Citations

Robert Cecil, 1864-1958, Drafter, Covenant of the League of Nations, Nobel Laureate in Peace [England], Remark to Eleanor Roosevelt, January 1946

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Robert Cecil
  • Born: June 1, 1563
  • Died: May 24, 1612
  • Nationality: British
  • Profession: Public Servant

Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, KG, PC was an English statesman noted for his direction of the government during the Union of the Crowns, as Tudor England gave way to Stuart rule (1603). Salisbury served as the Secretary of State of England (1596–1612) and Lord High Treasurer (1608–1612), succeeding his father as Queen Elizabeth I's Lord Privy Seal and remaining in power during the first nine years of King James I's reign until his own death.