Stanley Baldwin
Title: Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin
Birthdate: August 3, 1867
Birthplace: Bewdley, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: December 14, 1947
Occupation: Head of State
Profile: Served three terms as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Baldwin
Number of Quotes: 19
A platitude is simply a truth repeated till people get tired of hearing it.
A statesman must be a patriot, but he must also be a realist.
A statesman wants courage and a statesman wants vision; but believe me, after six
months' experience, he wants first, second, third and all the time - patience.
Democracy is a system of government which makes it possible for people to get rid of the government and try another without violence.
Often cited in discussions about democratic governance, though the exact source is debated.
Had the employers of past generations all of them dealt fairly with their employees there would have been no unions.
I am not struck so much by the diversity of testimony as by the many-sidedness of truth.
I am one of those who would rather sink with faith than swim without it.
I would rather be an opportunist and float than go to the bottom with my principles around my neck.
From a 1931 speech defending his pragmatic approach to the Indian independence movement.
I would rather trust a woman's instinct than a man's reason.
Let us never forget this: since the day of the air, the old frontiers are gone. When you think of the defense of
England you no longer think of the chalk cliffs of Dover; you think of the Rhine. That is where our frontier lies.
Power without responsibility — the prerogative of the harlot throughout the ages.
From a 1931 speech criticizing press barons Beaverbrook and Rothermere.
Baldwin attributed the phrase to
his cousin Rudyard Kipling.
Since the day of the air, the old frontiers are gone.
The bomber will always get through.
From a 1932 speech on disarmament, highlighting the vulnerability of civilians to air attacks.
The greatest crime to our own people is to be afraid to tell the truth.
The intelligent are to the intelligentsia what a gentleman is to a gent.
From a 1927 speech critiquing pretentious intellectualism.
The only defense is offense, which means that you have to kill more women and children more quickly than the enemy if you wish to save yourselves.
The real need of the day is moral and spiritual rearmament. God's Living
Spirit can transcend conflicting political systems, can reconcile order and freedom.
War would end if the dead could return.
You will find in politics that you are much exposed to the attribution of false motive. Never complain and never explain.
Last on Earth
