The top 10 most inspiring quotes by Joseph Chamberlain
- If we fail, let us try again and again until we succeed.
- Let it be our endeavour, let it be our task, to keep alight the torch of imperial patriotism, to hold fast the affection and the confidence of our kinsmen across the seas; so that in every vicissitude of fortune the British Empire may present an unbroken front to all her foes, and may carry on even to distant ages the glorious traditions of the British flag.
- The day of small nations has passed away; the day of Empires has come.
- I venture to claim two qualifications for the great office which I hold, which to my mind, without making invidious distinctions, is one of the most important that can be held by any Englishman; and those qualifications are that in the first place I believe in the British Empire, and in the second place I believe in the British race. I believe that the British race is the greatest of the governing races that the world has ever seen.
- Sugar is gone; silk has gone; iron is threatened; wool is threatened; cotton will go! How long are you going to stand it? At the present moment these industries…are like sheep in a field.
- During the last 100 years, the House of Lords has never contributed one iota to popular liberties or popular freedom, or done anything to advance the common weal; but during that time it has protected every abuse and sheltered every privilege.
- In politics, there is no use looking beyond the next fortnight.
- We are not downhearted, but we cannot understand what is happening to our neighbours.
- Provided that the City of London remains, as it is at present, the clearing-house of the world, any other nation may be its workshop.
- Lord Salisbury constitutes himself the spokesman of a class, of the class to which he himself belongs, who’toil not neither do they spin’.
Joseph Chamberlain (1836–1914) was a prominent British politician and statesman. Born in London, he became a successful businessman in Birmingham before entering politics.
Chamberlain was a key figure in local government, serving as the Mayor of Birmingham from 1873 to 1876, where he was instrumental in modernizing the city’s infrastructure and services. He entered national politics as a Liberal MP in 1876 and later co-founded the Liberal Unionist Party in 1886, opposing Irish Home Rule.
Chamberlain served as Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1895 to 1903, playing a significant role in expanding and consolidating the British Empire. His advocacy for tariff reform aimed to protect British industry and maintain imperial unity, leading to a major political realignment. Chamberlain’s legacy includes his contributions to social reform, urban improvement, and imperial policy, marking him as a pivotal figure in late 19th and early 20th-century British politics.
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