Quote#Peace
There is no greater need in the world, abroad and at home, than…
Quote byStanley Baldwin · 1867–1947
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Speech at the Philip Scott College (27 September 1923), quoted in On England, and Other Addresses (1926), p. 157.
English (original)
There is no greater need in the world, abroad and at home, than peace, peace from the warfare of arms and peace of spirit. Those are the things I intended to fight for during the time that I am Prime Minister, whether that time be long or short, and it is with that object—the object of peace above and before all things.
— Stanley Baldwin
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