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Quote by Stanley Baldwin

“There is no country... where there are not somewhere lovers of freedom who look to this country to carry the torch and keep it burning bright until such time as they may again be able to light their extinguished torches at our flame. We owe it not only to our own people but to the world to preserve our soul for that.”

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Stanley Baldwin

Sir Stanley Baldwin was a prominent British politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer. He was a key figure in the Conservative Party in the early 20th century and served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1915 to 1923, known for his steady political style and foreign policy. more

“"Magna Carta is the Law: Let the King look out." So it has always been with tyrants among our own people: when the King was tyrant, let him look out. And it has always been the same, and will be the same, whether the tyrant be the Barons, whether the tyrant be the Church, whether he be demagogue or dictator - let them look out.”

People Looks Law Church Kings Tyrants Dictator Magna Carta

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“Whatever failures may have come to parliamentary government in countries which have not those traditions, and where it is not a natural growth, that is no proof that parliamentary government has failed.”

May Country Government Growth Natural Tradition Proof Parliamentary Parliamentary Government

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“The die-hard opinions of George III couched in the language of Edmund Burke.”

Hard Dies Language Opinion

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“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.”