David Maxwell Fyfe, 1st Earl of Kilmuir quotes

David Maxwell Fyfe, 1st Earl of Kilmuir quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Gratitude is not a normal feature of political life.”
-- David Maxwell Fyfe, 1st Earl of Kilmuir

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“Loyalty is the Tory's secret weapon.”
-- David Maxwell Fyfe, 1st Earl of Kilmuir

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“It is dangerous to confuse children with angels.”
-- David Maxwell Fyfe, 1st Earl of Kilmuir

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“The young women of today, free to study, to speak, to write, to choose their occupation, should remember that every inch of this freedom was bought for them at a great price. It is for them to show their gratitude by helping onward the reforms of their own times, by spreading the light of freedom and of truth still wider. The debt that each generation owes to the past it must pay to the future.”

Source : "Westward the Women". Book by Nancy Wilson Ross, Mar 15, 2016.
“One of the bitterest ironies of life is that one truly appreciates a blessing only after having been deprived of it or imagining that.”
“Appreciation is the highest form of prayer, for it acknowledges the presence of good wherever you shine the light of your thankful thoughts.”
“Anyone with a gun can go out and commit an act of terrorism, even without a political affiliation.”
“A modern revolutionary group heads for the television station.”
“Understand that legal and illegal are political, and often arbitrary, categorizations; use and abuse are medical, or clinical, distinctions.”
“I have reaffirmed my political will to work towards national unity.”
“Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.”

Source : New Yorker, 14 May 1960
“I'm sorry I ever invented the Electoral College.”
“Who defines terrorists? Today's terrorist is tomorrow's friend.”

Source : "Raw Data: Democratic Debate, Part I". "Fox News" with Gwenn Ifill, www.foxnews.com. October 26, 2003.

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