F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead quotes
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“The world continues to offer glittering prizes to those who have stout hearts and sharp swords.”
-- F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of BirkenheadSource : Rectorial Address, Glasgow University, 7 November 1923, in 'The Times' 8 November 1923
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“Good God, do you mean to say this place is a club?”
-- F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of BirkenheadSource : On being approached by the secretary of the Athenaeum, which he had been in the habit of using as a convenience on the way to his office; attributed
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“Were cricket and football abolished, it would bring upon the masses nothing but misery, depression, sloth, indiscipline and disorder.”
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“We have the highest authority for believing that the meek shall inherit the earth; though I have never found any particular corroboration of this aphorism in the records of Somerset House.”
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“A people so individual in its genius, so tenacious in love or hate, so captivating in its nobler moods.”
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“I do not deal with subtleties; I am only a lawyer.”
-- F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead
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Source : A. B. Simpson (1984). “Days of Heaven on Earth: A Daily Devotional to Comfort and Inspire”, Moody Publishers
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“The safe place lies in obedience to God's Word, singleness of heart and holy vigilance.”
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Source : A.A. Gill (2007). “AA Gill is Away”, p.46, Simon and Schuster
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“But in our age the appeal to authority is weak, and I am of my age.”
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