Quote#Wisdom
I did tell His Majesty once that I might be a remnant of the old…
Quote byStanley Baldwin · 1867–1947
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Speech in the House of Commons on the Abdication of Edward VIII (10 December 1936)..
English (original)
I did tell His Majesty once that I might be a remnant of the old Victorians, but that my worst enemy would not say of me that I did not know what the reaction of the English people would be to any particular course of action
— Stanley Baldwin
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