Quotes by Stanley Baldwin

About Stanley Baldwin:

Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley is the only premier to have served under three monarchs (George V, Edward VIII and George VI).
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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 no longer think of the chalk cliffs of Dover; you think of the Rhine. That is where our frontier lies.

Stanley Baldwin

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 chalk cliffs of Dover; you think of the Rhine.

Stanley Baldwin

The intelligent are to the intelligentsia what a gentleman is to a gent.

Stanley Baldwin

I would rather be an opportunist and float than go to the bottom with my principles around my neck.

Stanley Baldwin

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 - patience.

Stanley Baldwin

I am one of those who would rather sink with faith than swim without it.

Stanley Baldwin

I would rather trust a woman's instinct than a man's reason.

Stanley Baldwin

A platitude is simply a truth repeated till people get tired of hearing it.

Stanley Baldwin

I am not struck so much by the diversity of testimony as by the many-sidedness of truth.

Stanley Baldwin

You will find in politics that you are much exposed to the attribution of false motive. Never complain and never explain.

Stanley Baldwin

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 save yourselves.

Stanley Baldwin

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 that the enemy if you want to save yourselves.

Stanley Baldwin

War would end if the dead could return.

Stanley Baldwin

Author Bio

  • NameStanley Baldwin
  • DescriptionBritish politician
  • BornAugust 3, 1867
  • DiedDecember 14, 1947
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionPolitician