Stanley Baldwin/first Government May 1923 %e2%80%93 January 1924

Famous quotes containing the words stanley, baldwin, government and/or january:

    “Where he gets his spirits
    It’s a mystery. But the stuff keeps him musical:”
    —William Stanley Merwin (b. 1927)

    “Society is held together by our need; we bind it together with legend, myth, coercion, fearing that without it we will be hurled into that void, within which, like the earth before the Word was spoken, the foundations of society are hidden.”
    —James Baldwin (1924–1987)

    “The United States Constitution has proved itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of government ever written.”
    —Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)

    “I have never been disappointed when I asked in a humble and sincere way for God’s help. I pray often. I think I pray more often since January 12th.”
    —Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter, Jr.)