F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead Quote

It would be possible to say without exaggeration that the miners' leaders were the stupidest men in England if we had not frequent occasion to meet the owners.


Statement of 1925, as quoted in Britain between the Wars (1955) by C. L. Mowat, p. 300.


It would be possible to say without exaggeration that the miners' leaders were the stupidest men in England if we had not frequent occasion to meet...

It would be possible to say without exaggeration that the miners' leaders were the stupidest men in England if we had not frequent occasion to meet...

It would be possible to say without exaggeration that the miners' leaders were the stupidest men in England if we had not frequent occasion to meet...

It would be possible to say without exaggeration that the miners' leaders were the stupidest men in England if we had not frequent occasion to meet...