The attainment of an ideal is often the beginning of a disillusion. Stanley Baldwin More Quotes by Stanley Baldwin More Quotes From Stanley Baldwin I am one of those who would rather sink with faith than swim without it. Stanley Baldwin christian-inspirationalswim I would rather be an opportunist and float than go to the bottom with my principles around my neck. Stanley Baldwin opportunistnecksprinciples The world was never more unsafe for democracy then it is today. Stanley Baldwin democracymilitaryworld Power without responsibility - the prerogative of the harlot throughout the ages. Stanley Baldwin harlotsresponsibilityage I think it is well . . . for the man in the street to realise there is no power on earth that can protect him from bombing, whatever people may tell him. The bomber will always get through. The only defence is in offence, which means that you have to kill more women and children more quickly than the enemy if you want to save yourselves. Stanley Baldwin menmeanchildren I would rather trust a woman's instinct than a man's reason. Stanley Baldwin sisterhoodtrustmen There is no country... where there are not somewhere lovers of freedom who look to this country to carry the torch and keep it burning bright until such time as they may again be able to light their extinguished torches at our flame. We owe it not only to our own people but to the world to preserve our soul for that. Stanley Baldwin flameslightcountry I wish Stanley Baldwin no ill, but it would have been much better if he had never lived. Stanley Baldwin stanleyillwish Had the employers of past generations all of them dealt fairly with their men there would have been no unions. Stanley Baldwin generationsmenpast The papers conducted by Lord Rothermere and Lord Beaverbrook are not newspapers in the ordinary acceptance of the term. They are engines of propaganda for the constantly-changing policies, desires, personal wishes, and personal likes and dislikes of two men? What the proprietorship of those papers is aiming at is power, and power without responsibility the prerogative of the harlot throughout the ages. Stanley Baldwin responsibilityacceptancemen No British Prime Minister of the last seventy years has been more harshly stereotyped than Stanley Baldwin. No one has been so much ignored, after the initial judgements of contemporaries had been made. Stanley Baldwin judgementlastsyears Whether we like it or not we are consideably bound to Europe. Stanley Baldwin boundsbritaineurope I am not struck so much by the diversity of testimony as by the many-sidedness of truth. Stanley Baldwin testimonydiversity War would end if the dead could return. Stanley Baldwin militarywarpeace I am a man of peace. I am longing and working and praying for peace, but I will not surrender the safety and security of the British constitution. You placed me in power eighteen months ago by the largest majority accorded to any party for many, many years. Have I done anything to forfeit that confidence? Cannot you trust me to ensure a square deal to secure even justice between man and man? Stanley Baldwin partysquaresmen The work of a Prime Minister is the loneliest job in the world. Stanley Baldwin primejobsworld England totally disarmed and an easy prey to hostile forces! Can you think of anything more likely to excite cupidity and hostile intention? We should sink to the level of a fifth rate Power, our Colonies would be stripped from us, our commerce would decline, famine and unemployment would stalk the land... I have yet to learn that the cause of peace can be served by rendering our country impotent. Stanley Baldwin landcountrythinking When I was a little boy in Worcestershire reading history books I never thought I should have to interfere between a king and his mistress. Stanley Baldwin readingkingsbook "Magna Carta is the Law: Let the King look out." So it has always been with tyrants among our own people: when the King was tyrant, let him look out. And it has always been the same, and will be the same, whether the tyrant be the Barons, whether the tyrant be the Church, whether he be demagogue or dictator - let them look out. Stanley Baldwin tyrantskingslaw A platitude is simply a truth repeated till people get tired of hearing it. Stanley Baldwin tiredtruthfunny
