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What about my Soul? That's all right. The essence of such service is…
Quote byStanley Baldwin · 1867–1947
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Letter to J. C. C. Davidson (28 January 1919) on contemplating acceptance of government office, quoted in Robert Rhodes James (ed.), Memoirs of a Conservative: J. C. C. Davidson's Memoirs and Papers, 1910-1937 (1969), p. 95.
English (original)
What about my Soul? That's all right. The essence of such service is unselfishness. My first thought has to be of others, of the relationship of Crown and people: there will be no room to think of money or of my own career.
— Stanley Baldwin
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