The Archive · 1938

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Tuis is no time for a placid and easy-going point of view.—Mr. Emrys-Evans, M.P.

Neither politics nor the law teaches industrial organization.—Mr. George Lambert, M.P.

The root cause of road accidents is speed.—Mr. T. C. Foley.

It is no use making speeches on the weather.—The Speaker, The luxuries of one generation become the necessities of the next—Lord De La Warr.

I hope that the British Army will become the best fed in the world.—Sir Isidore Salmon, H.P.

We cannot but be impressed by the need for a joint effort in constructing a new and better world order.—President Roosevelt, The civil population, and specially the industrialists, will be the first target of any enemy attack.—Lord Rochdale.

By no means a small proportion of our British troubles oversea are caused by the sinister influences of the Communists.—Sir Leonard Lyle, Owners of motor cars are the most selfish individuals who ever walked.—Mr. Justice Bennett.

All newspapers do not necessarily make large, or indeed any, profits—Major Astor, M.P. it is true that food prices are higher today than they were during the slump, but one reason is because people are eating more and better food.—Mrs, George Hall.

For the first time the victim has the pleasure of announcing to the League of Nations that it has beaten the aggressor.—Dr. Wellington Koo (China's delegate).

The Cabinet should set an example in preparing for any emergency by seeing that it does not enter the next war with an organization which broke down on the last occasion.—Mr. E.

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