How marvelous it all is! Built not by saints and angels, but the work of men's hands; cemented with men's honest blood and with a world of tears, welded by the best brains of centuries past; not without the taint… — Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery Copy Share Image
Whatever thrift is, it is not avarice. Avarice is not generous; and, after all, it is the thrifty people who are generous. — Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery Copy Share
We regard our parties as interesting groups of gladiators. — Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery Copy Share
How marvelous it all is! Built not by saints and angels, but the work of men's hands; cemented with men's honest blood and with… — Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery Copy Share
Do not first announce action, and then, when you are unable to take action, withdraw, because you will only find yourself in the same… — Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery Copy Share
A man will blithely do in politics what he would kick a man downstairs for in ordinary life. — Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery Copy Share
Lord Randolph Churchill was the chief mourner at his own protracted funeral. — Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery Copy Share