Stanley Baldwin

War would end if the dead could return.

The attainment of an ideal is often the beginning of a disillusion.

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

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.

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.

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

Dictatorship is like a giant beech tree very magnificent to look at in its prime but nothing grows underneath it.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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