A people so individual in its genius, so tenacious in love or hate, so captivating in its nobler moods.

- F. E. Smith, 1st Earl Of Birkenhead

The world continues to offer glittering prizes to those who have stout hearts and sharp swords.

- F. E. Smith, 1st Earl Of Birkenhead

Good God, do you mean to say this place is a club?

- F. E. Smith, 1st Earl Of Birkenhead

We have the highest authority for believing that the meek shall inherit the earth; though I have never found any particular corroboration of this aph…

- F. E. Smith, 1st Earl Of Birkenhead

I do not deal with subtleties; I am only a lawyer.

- F. E. Smith, 1st Earl Of Birkenhead

Were cricket and football abolished, it would bring upon the masses nothing but misery, depression, sloth, indiscipline and disorder.

- F. E. Smith, 1st Earl Of Birkenhead