How marvelous it all is! Built not by saints and angels, but the work of men's hands; cemented with men's honest blood and with a world of tears, welded by the best brains of centuries past; not without the taint and reproach incidental to all human work, but constructed on the whole with pure and splendid purpose. Human, and yet not wholly human -- for the most heedless and the most cynical must see the finger of the Divine.
We regard our parties as interesting groups of gladiators. - Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl Of Rosebery
We regard our parties as interesting groups of gladiators.
- Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl Of Rosebery
How marvelous it all is! Built not by saints and angels, but the work of men's hands; cemented with men's honest blood and with a world of tears, wel… - Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl Of Rosebery
How marvelous it all is! Built not by saints and angels, but the work of men's hands; cemented with men's honest blood and with a world of tears, wel…
Few speeches which have produced an electrical effect on an audience can bear the colourless photography of a printed record. - Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl Of Rosebery
Few speeches which have produced an electrical effect on an audience can bear the colourless photography of a printed record.
Lloyd George is a one-eyed fellow in blinkers. - Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl Of Rosebery
Lloyd George is a one-eyed fellow in blinkers.
Lord Randolph Churchill was the chief mourner at his own protracted funeral. - Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl Of Rosebery
Lord Randolph Churchill was the chief mourner at his own protracted funeral.
A man will blithely do in politics what he would kick a man downstairs for in ordinary life. - Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl Of Rosebery
A man will blithely do in politics what he would kick a man downstairs for in ordinary life.
The Empire is a Commonwealth of nations. - Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl Of Rosebery
The Empire is a Commonwealth of nations.
Do not first announce action, and then, when you are unable to take action, withdraw, because you will only find yourself in the same position as now… - Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl Of Rosebery
Do not first announce action, and then, when you are unable to take action, withdraw, because you will only find yourself in the same position as now…
Whatever thrift is, it is not avarice. Avarice is not generous; and, after all, it is the thrifty people who are generous. - Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl Of Rosebery
Whatever thrift is, it is not avarice. Avarice is not generous; and, after all, it is the thrifty people who are generous.
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