Quote#Nature
Let us resolve once more that we can best keep his memory bright by…
Quote byStanley Baldwin · 1867–1947
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Speech in the House of Commons upon the death of Sir Austen Chamberlain (17 March 1937)..
English (original)
Let us resolve once more that we can best keep his memory bright by confirming our own resolution that government of the people by the people shall never perish on this earth.
— Stanley Baldwin
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