Quote#Happiness
I think the English people are at heart and in practice the kindest…
Quote byStanley Baldwin · 1867–1947
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Speech at the annual dinner of The Royal Society of St. George (6 May 1924), quoted in On England, and Other Addresses (1926), pp. 4-5.
English (original)
I think the English people are at heart and in practice the kindest people in the world...there is in England a profound sympathy for the under-dog. There is a brotherly and a neighbourly feeling which we see to a remarkable extent through all classes. There is a way of facing misfortunes with a cheerful face. It was shown to a marvellous degree in the war.
— Stanley Baldwin
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