Arthur Balfour
Arthur Balfour
Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, KG, OM, PC, DLwas a British Conservative politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from July 1902 to December 1905, and later Foreign Secretary...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth25 July 1848
Arthur Balfour quotes about
men heaven age
Man, so far as natural science by itself is able to teach us, is no longer the final cause of the universe, the Heaven-descended heir of all the ages. His very existence is an accident, his story a brief and transitory episode in the life of one of the meanest of the planets.
country safety faithful
No country can allow its safety to be wholly dependent on faithful observance by other states of rules to which they are obliged.
men promise young
I thought Winston Churchill was a young man of promise, but it appears he is a young man of promises.
enthusiasm few moves speak trusted truth
It is unfortunate, considering enthusiasm moves the world, that so few enthusiasts can be trusted to speak the truth
inspirational moving world
Enthusiasm moves the world.
peace work matter
Nothing matters very much, and few things matter at all.
christian together settling
Why can't the Jews and the Arabs just sit down together and settle this like good Christians?
truth moving world
It is unfortunate, considering that enthusiasm moves the world, that so few enthusiasts can be trusted to speak the truth.
country scotland needs
Our Scottish theory ... is that every country has need of Scotchmen, but that Scotland has no need of the citizens of any other country.
country religious home
His Majesty's Government views with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country.
winning important done
I have done nothing important or distinguished since we met except to win the handicap prize, worth ?4 10/- at North Berwick.
society alive intimacy
Society, dead or alive, can have no charm without intimacy and no intimacy without an interest in trifles.
fighting men opposites
I do not know how it comes about, but if you sit opposite a man every day and you are engaged in fighting him, you cannot help getting a liking for him whether he deserves it or not.
soul adequate being-there
Every human soul is of infinite value, eternal, free; no human being, therefore, is so placed as not to have within his reach, in himself and others, objects adequate to infinite endeavor.