Since the day of the air, the old frontiers are gone. When you think of the defense of England you no longer think of the chalk cliffs of Dover; you think of the Rhine. -Stanley Baldwin

 

Since the day of the air, the old frontiers are gone. When you think of the defense of England you no longer think of the chalk cliffs of Dover; you think of the Rhine.


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This quote is just one of 9 total Stanley Baldwin quotes in our collection. Stanley Baldwin is known for saying 'Since the day of the air, the old frontiers are gone. When you think of the defense of England you no longer think of the chalk cliffs of Dover; you think of the Rhine.' as well as some of the following quotes.

Just as the results of inebriety are most painful to the habitually sober, and just as the greatest saints have often been the greatest sinners, so, when the first class brain does something stupid, the stupidity of that occasion is colossal.

Stanley Baldwin
301

A platitude is simply a truth repeated until people get tired of hearing it.

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206
Since the day of the air, the old frontiers are gone. When you think of the defense of England you no longer think of the chalk cliffs of Dover; you think of the Rhine. -Stanley Baldwin
203

The intelligent are to the intelligentsia what a gentleman is to a gent.

Stanley Baldwin
195

You will find in politics that you are much exposed to the attribution of false motive. Never complain and never explain.

Stanley Baldwin
186
The only defense is offense, which means that you have to kill more women and children more quickly than the enemy if you wish to save yourselves. -Stanley Baldwin
180

I would rather be an opportunist and float than go to the bottom with my principles around my neck.

Stanley Baldwin
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