4th August: 100th anniversary of Britain entering WWI

Today is the 100th anniversary of Britain's entry into WWI. Germany had attacked Luxembourg on 2 August and on 3 August declared war on France. On 4 August, after Belgium refused to permit German troops to cross its borders into France, Germany declared war on Belgium as well. Britain declared war on Germany on 4 August 1914, following an "unsatisfactory reply" to the British ultimatum that Belgium must be kept neutral. 10 quotations relating to World War I:

1. All blood runs red. Phrase painted on the side of the plane flown by Eugene Bullard in World War I the first black comba
2. All treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with the struggle for existence. Otto von Bismarck
3. I look upon him as the greatest criminal known for having plunged the world into war. George V on his cousin Kaiser Wilhelm II, 1918
4. The lamps are going out all over Europe: we shall not see them lit again in our life-time. Edward Grey
5. Once blood is shed in a national quarrel reason and right are swept aside by the rage of angry men. David Lloyd George, British prime minister
6. The First World War killed fewer victims than the Second World War, destroyed fewer buildings, and uprooted millions instead of tens of millions – but in many ways it left even deeper scars both on the mind and on the map of Europe. The old world never recovered from the shock. Edmund Taylor, historian
7. God would never be cruel enough to create a cyclone as terrible as that Argonne battle. Only man would ever think of doing an awful thing like that. Alvin C. York
8. There is a price which is too great to pay for peace, and that price can be put in one word. One cannot pay the price of self-respect. Woodrow Wilson
9. Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war. Otto von Bismarck
10. At eleven o’clock this morning came to an end the cruellest and most terrible War that has ever scourged mankind. I hope we may say that thus, this fateful morning, came to an end all wars. David Lloyd George