I venture to claim two qualifications for the great office which I hold, which to my mind, without making invidious distinctions, is one of the most important that can be held by any Englishman; and those qualifications are that in the first place I believe in the British Empire, and in the second place I believe in the British race. I believe that the British race is the greatest of the governing races that the world has ever seen.
During the last 100 years, the House of Lords has never contributed one iota to popular liberties or popular freedom, or done anything to advance the… - Joseph Chamberlain
During the last 100 years, the House of Lords has never contributed one iota to popular liberties or popular freedom, or done anything to advance the…
- Joseph Chamberlain
[Social legislation] raised the cost of production; and what can be more illogical than to raise the cost of production in the country and then to al… - Joseph Chamberlain
[Social legislation] raised the cost of production; and what can be more illogical than to raise the cost of production in the country and then to al…
The day of small nations has passed away; the day of Empires has come. - Joseph Chamberlain
The day of small nations has passed away; the day of Empires has come.
Let it be our endeavour, let it be our task, to keep alight the torch of imperial patriotism, to hold fast the affection and the confidence of our ki… - Joseph Chamberlain
Let it be our endeavour, let it be our task, to keep alight the torch of imperial patriotism, to hold fast the affection and the confidence of our ki…
On great fields something stays. - Joseph Chamberlain
On great fields something stays.
We are not downhearted, but we cannot understand what is happening to our neighbours. - Joseph Chamberlain
We are not downhearted, but we cannot understand what is happening to our neighbours.
Lord Salisbury constitutes himself the spokesman of a class, of the class to which he himself belongs, who'toil not neither do they spin'. - Joseph Chamberlain
Lord Salisbury constitutes himself the spokesman of a class, of the class to which he himself belongs, who'toil not neither do they spin'.
London is the clearing-house of the world. - Joseph Chamberlain
London is the clearing-house of the world.
Provided that the City of London remains, as it is at present, the clearing-house of the world, any other nation may be its workshop. - Joseph Chamberlain
Provided that the City of London remains, as it is at present, the clearing-house of the world, any other nation may be its workshop.
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