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.

Quote by Stanley Baldwin

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

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

War would end if the dead could return.

War would end if the dead could return.

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

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

The bomber will always get through. The only defense is in offense, which means that...

The bomber will always get through. The only defense is in offense, which means that...

You will find in politics that you are much exposed to the attribution of false...

You will find in politics that you are much exposed to the attribution of false...

The only defense is offense, which means that you have to kill more women and...

The only defense is offense, which means that you have to kill more women and...

War would end if the dead could return.

War would end if the dead could return.

Let us never forget this: since the day of the air, the old frontiers are...

Let us never forget this: since the day of the air, the old frontiers are...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Since the day of the air, the old frontiers are gone. When you think of...

Since the day of the air, the old frontiers are gone. When you think of...

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

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

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

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

The fact that modern physics, the manifestation of an extreme specialisation of the rational mind,...

The fact that modern physics, the manifestation of an extreme specialisation of the rational mind,...

The two operations of our understanding, intuition and deduction, on which alone we have said...

The two operations of our understanding, intuition and deduction, on which alone we have said...

Intuition is a suspension of logic due to impatience.

Intuition is a suspension of logic due to impatience.

Faith is a passionate intuition.

Faith is a passionate intuition.

Intuition becomes increasingly valuable in the new information society precisely because there is so much...

Intuition becomes increasingly valuable in the new information society precisely because there is so much...

To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.

To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.