“Appeasement is the policy of feeding a crocodile in the hope that it will eat you last.”

About Anthony Eden

Politician • British

Anthony Eden was a prominent British Conservative politician who served three periods as Foreign Secretary and then as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1955 to 1957. His political career spanned over three...

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“My good friends, for the second time in our history, a British Prime Minister has returned from Germany bringing peace with honour. I believe it is peace for our time.”

— Neville Chamberlain

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“An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.”

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“I do not believe that we can make progress in European appeasement if we allow the impression to gain currency abroad that we yield to constant pressure.”

— Anthony Eden

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