All Stanley Baldwin Quotes
- I would rather trust a woman's instinct than a man's reason. Empowering Women
- I am one of those who would rather sink with faith than swim without it. Faith
- I am not struck so much by the diversity of testimony as by the many-sidedness of truth. Diversity
- A platitude is simply a truth repeated till people get tired of hearing it. Get Tired
- 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… Children
- You will find in politics that you are much exposed to the attribution of false motive. Never complain and never explain. Attribution
- 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… Air
- The world was never more unsafe for democracy then it is today. Democracy
- 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,… Been
- Dictatorship is like a giant beech-tree-very magnificent to look at in its prime, but nothing grows underneath it. Beech
- 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… All
- I think it is well . . . for the man in the street to realise there is no power on earth that can protect… Always Get
- I wish for many reasons flying had never been invented. Been
- I would rather be an opportunist and float than go to the bottom with my principles around my neck. Bottom
- Power without responsibility - the prerogative of the harlot throughout the ages. Age
- The intelligent are to the intelligentsia what a gentleman is to a gent. Gent
- 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… Accorded
- 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… Cause
- Whether we like it or not we are consideably bound to Europe. Bound
- 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… Acceptance
- War would end if the dead could return. Dead
- The attainment of an ideal is often the beginning of a disillusion. Attainment
- The bomber will always get through. The only defense is in offense, which means that you have to kill more women and children more quickly… Always Get
- 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… Air