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Rudyard Kipling Quote by Stanley Baldwin

“What the proprietorship of these papers is aiming at is power, and power without responsibility — the prerogative of the harlot through the ages. [Baldwin was attacking the leading press barons of his day (Lord Beaverbrook and Lord Rothermere); the phrase was suggested by Baldwin's cousin Rudyard…” quote by Stanley Baldwin
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““What the proprietorship of these papers is aiming at is power, and power without responsibility — the prerogative of the harlot through the ages. [Baldwin was attacking the leading press barons of his day (Lord Beaverbrook and Lord Rothermere); the phrase was suggested by Baldwin's cousin Rudyard Kipling (17 March 1931)]””

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