Quote#World
As we study [the British Empire's] destiny, we are bound to think of…
Quote byStanley Baldwin · 1867–1947
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Speech in Hyde Park (24 May 1929), published in This Torch of Freedom (1935), p. 26..
English (original)
As we study [the British Empire's] destiny, we are bound to think of it less as a human achievement than as an instrument of Divine Providence for the promotion of the progress of mankind.
— Stanley Baldwin
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