"Please observe, Mr. Ambassador, that you are pretty close to the edge yourself."
When the German Ambassador protested against the deportation of his chief lieutenants for their activities in plots against our peace and safety, he was warned that his own position was none too secure.
“Please observe, Mr. Ambassador, that you are pretty close to the edge yourself.”
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"From now on we will make no forward movement."
Making a virtue, perhaps, of necessity, the German Government announced, in February, 1916, that “from now on it would make no forward movement.” Events since have proved how well it realized its true condition.
“From now on we will make no forward movement.”