Creative Quotations from Herbert Henry Asquith (1852-1928)

Creative Quotations from . . .

Herbert Henry Asquith
(1852-1928) born on Sep 12

English statesman. "He was the first Earl of Oxford, 1858-1928, and the Liberal party prime minister, 1908-16."

Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life.

Greatness is a zigzag streak of lightning in the brain.

It is fitting that we should have buried the Unknown Prime Minister by the side of the Unknown Soldier.

Wait and see.

"One to mislead the public, another to mislead the Cabinet, and the third to mislead itself."

Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F:	"In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994."
R:	"In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994."
A:	"Attributed; said at Bonar Law's funeral, 5 Nov 1923."
N:	"In various speeches, 1910."
K:	"Explaining why the War Office kept three sets of figures, in "The Price of Glory," by Alastair Horne, Ch. 2."