I think it well … for the man in the street to realise that there is no power on earth that can protect him from being bombed. Whatever people may tell him, the bomber will always get through. The only defence is offence, which means that you will have to kill women and children more quickly than the enemy if you want to save yourselves.


Statement of (10 November 1932), as quoted in Baldwin : A Biography by Keith Middlemas and John Barnes (1969), p. 735

Stanley Baldwin Quotes

I think it well … for the man in the street to realise that there is no power on earth that can protect him from being bombed. Whatever people may...

I think it well … for the man in the street to realise that there is no power on earth that can protect him from being bombed. Whatever people may...

I think it well … for the man in the street to realise that there is no power on earth that can protect him from being bombed. Whatever people may...

I think it well … for the man in the street to realise that there is no power on earth that can protect him from being bombed. Whatever people may...