Stanley Baldwin Quote

What the proprietorship of these papers is aiming at is power, and power without responsibility — the prerogative of the harlot through the ages.


Baldwin was attacking the leading press barons of his day (Lord Beaverbrook and Lord Rothermere); the phrase was suggested by Baldwin's cousin Rudyard Kipling (17 March 1931)


What the proprietorship of these papers is aiming at is power, and power without responsibility — the prerogative of the harlot through the ages.

What the proprietorship of these papers is aiming at is power, and power without responsibility — the prerogative of the harlot through the ages.

What the proprietorship of these papers is aiming at is power, and power without responsibility — the prerogative of the harlot through the ages.

What the proprietorship of these papers is aiming at is power, and power without responsibility — the prerogative of the harlot through the ages.