Frederick Scott Oliver
Frederick Scott Oliver
Frederick Scott Oliver, or F.S. Oliver, was a prominent British political writer and businessman who advocated tariff reform and imperial union for the British Empire. He played an important role in the Round Table movement, collaborated in the downfall of Prime Minister H. H. Asquith’s wartime government and its replacement by David Lloyd George in 1916, and pressed for "home rule all round" to resolve the political conflict between Britain and Irish nationalists...
Frederick Scott Oliver quotes about
country political principles
No politician has ever yet been able to rule his country, nor has any country ever yet been able to face the world, upon the principles of the Sermon on the Mount.
wise opinion politician
A wise politician will never grudge a genuflexion or a rapture if it is expected of him by prevalent opinion.
character political patterns
It is true that the politician, in his professional character, does not always, or even very often, conform to the most approved pattern of private conduct.
mean men political
Men who are engaged in public life must necessarily aim at reducing opposition to a minimum, and one of the most obvious means to that end is by misrepresenting, discrediting or ruining their opponents.
mean successful men
In taking stock of a politician, the first question is not whether he was a good man who used righteous means, but whether he was successful in gaining power, in keeping it, and in governing; whether, in short, he was skilful at his particular craft or a bungler.