F. E. Smith vs. Robert Gascoyne-Cecil
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
F. E. Smith
1872 – 1930
Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead, was a British Conservative politician and barrister who attained high office in the early 20th century, in particular as Attorney-General and post War as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. He was a skilled orator, noted for his staunch opposition to Irish nationalism, his wit, pugnacious views, and hard living and drinking. He is perhaps best remembered today as Winston Churchill's greatest personal and political friend until Birkenhead's death aged 58 from pneumonia caused by cirrhosis of the liver.
"The greatness of this country was attained not by teaching the message that one class of Englishmen must wed itself to a bitter antagonism against other classes…"
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil
1830 – 1903
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil may refer to:Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830–1903), British statesman and Prime Minister Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood (1864–1958), British politician and diplomat, and an architect of the League of Nations Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury (1893–1972), prominent Tory politician Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 6th Marquess of Salisbury (1916–2003), Conservative Member of Parliament for Bournemouth West Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of Salisbury, Conservative politician
"To give 'the suffrage' to a poor man is to give him as large a part in determining that legislation which is mainly concerned with property as the banker whose …"