Just as the results of inebriety are most painful to the habitually sober, and just as the greatest saints have often been the greatest sinners, so, when the first class brain does something stupid, the stupidity of that occasion is colossal.
Stanley BaldwinI am not struck so much by the diversity of testimony as by the many-sidedness of truth.
Stanley BaldwinThere is a wind of nationalism and freedom blowing round the world, and blowing as strongly in Asia as elsewhere.
Stanley BaldwinYou will find in politics that you are much exposed to the attribution of false motive. Never complain and never explain.
Stanley BaldwinI 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