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.
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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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Were cricket and football abolished, it would bring upon the masses nothing but misery, depression, sloth, indiscipline and disorder.
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Good God, do you mean to say this place is a club?
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I do not deal with subtleties; I am only a lawyer.
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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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F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead
- Born: July 12, 1872
- Died: September 30, 1930
- Occupation: British statesman