1st Baron Douglas of Kirtleside

Famous quotes containing the words baron and/or douglas:

    “Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity.”
    —John Emerich Edward Dalberg, 1st Baron Acton (1834–1902)

    “I wish the English still possessed a shred of the old sense of humour which Puritanism, and dyspepsia, and newspaper reading, and tea-drinking have nearly extinguished.”
    —Norman Douglas (1868–1952)