Top 4 Quotes & Sayings by Lord Salisbury

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an English politician Lord Salisbury.
Last updated on December 19, 2024.
Lord Salisbury

Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury was a British statesman and Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom three times for a total of over thirteen years. He was also Foreign Secretary for much of his tenure, and during his last two years of office he was Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal. He avoided alignments or alliances, maintaining the policy of "splendid isolation".

If you believe the doctors, nothing is wholesome; if you believe the theologians, nothing is innocent; if you believe the military, nothing is safe. — © Lord Salisbury
If you believe the doctors, nothing is wholesome; if you believe the theologians, nothing is innocent; if you believe the military, nothing is safe.
I rank myself no higher in the scheme of things than a policeman - whose utility would disappear if there were no criminals.
One of the nuisances of the ballot is that when the oracle has spoken you never know what it means.
Many who think they are workers in politics are really merely tools.
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