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Famous Arthur Balfour Quotes
“Herbert Asquith's clarity is a great liability because he has nothing to say.”
“Winston has written four volumes about himself and called it 'World Crisis'.”
“There are plenty of cases of war being begun before it is declared.”
“Advice would be more acceptable if it didn't always conflict with our plans.”
“In politics nothing matters very much, and few things matter at all.”
Source: Theism and Humanism: The Book That Influenced C. S. Lewis
“I'd rather take advice from my valet than from the Conservative Party Conference”
“Why can't the Jews and the Arabs just sit down together and settle this like good Christians?”
“It has always been desirable to tell the truth, but seldom if ever necessary.”
Source: The Foundations of Belief: Being Notes Introductory to the Study of Theology
“The tyranny of majorities may be as bad as the tyranny of Kings.”