British Statesman Quotes
304 British Statesman quotes:
"Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter."
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"London is a roost for every bird."
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"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."
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"Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power."
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"Conservatism discards Prescription, shrinks from Principle, disavows Progress; having rejected all respect for antiquity, it offers no redress for the present, and makes no preparation for the future."
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"Teach us that wealth is not elegance, that profusion is not magnificence, that splendor is not beauty."
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"The fool wonders, the wise man asks."
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"It destroys one's nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being."
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"The people of England are the most enthusiastic in the world."
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"We cannot learn men from books."
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"I repeat... that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must exist."
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"Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm."
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"There can be economy only where there is efficiency."
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"I have been ever of opinion that revolutions are not to be evaded."
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"A precedent embalms a principle."
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"The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation."
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"What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary, error is often more earnest than truth."
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"We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets."
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"Without tact you can learn nothing."
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"The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own."
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