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“The papers conducted by Lord Rothermere and Lord Beaverbrook are not newspapers in the ordinary acceptance of the term. They are engines of propaganda for the constantly-changing policies, desires, personal wishes, and personal likes and dislikes of two men? What the proprietorship of those papers is aiming at is power, and power without responsibility the prerogative of the harlot throughout the ages.”

Quote by Stanley Baldwin

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Stanley Baldwin
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

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