F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead Quotes

• Good God, do you mean to say this place is a club?

  F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead

  Mean, Clubs, Nasty

  On being approached by the secretary of the Athenaeum, which he had been in the habit of using as a convenience on the way to his office; attributed

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• A people so individual in its genius, so tenacious in love or hate, so captivating in its nobler moods.

  F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead

  Hate, People, Genius

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• We have the highest authority for believing that the meek shall inherit the earth; though I have never found any particular corroboration of this aphorism in the records of Somerset House.

  F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead

  Believe, House, Records

  'Contemporary Personalities' (1924) 'Marquess Curzon'.

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• I do not deal with subtleties; I am only a lawyer.

  F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead

  Lawyer, Deals, Subtlety

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• Were cricket and football abolished, it would bring upon the masses nothing but misery, depression, sloth, indiscipline and disorder.

  F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead

  Football, Sloth, Misery

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• The world continues to offer glittering prizes to those who have stout hearts and sharp swords.

  F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead

  Heart, Bravery, World

  Rectorial Address, Glasgow University, 7 November 1923, in 'The Times' 8 November 1923

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