Top 11 Quotes & Sayings by Ramsay MacDonald

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a British politician Ramsay MacDonald.

Last updated on April 18, 2025.

James Ramsay MacDonald was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, the first who belonged to the Labour Party, leading minority Labour governments for nine months in 1924 and again between 1929 and 1931. From 1931 to 1935, he headed a National Government dominated by the Conservative Party and supported by only a few Labour members. MacDonald was expelled from the Labour Party as a result.

British - Politician | October 12, 1866 - November 9, 1937

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The trade-unionist has the same limitation imposed upon him as the capitalist. He cannot advance his interests at the expense of society.

Ramsay MacDonald

We hear war called murder. It is not; it is suicide.

Ramsay MacDonald

The people do not mind fornication but they loathe adultery.

Ramsay MacDonald

Golf is to me what his Sabine farm was to the poet Horace - a solace and an inspiration.

Ramsay MacDonald

The man who saves time by galloping loses it by missing his way; the shepherd who hurries his flock to get them home spends the night on the mountain looking for the lost; economy does not consist in haste, but in certainty.

Ramsay MacDonald

Society goes on and on and on. It is the same with ideas.

Ramsay MacDonald

We have all taken risks in the making of war. Isn't it time that we should take risks to secure peace?

Ramsay MacDonald

We shall never be able to effect physical disarmament until we have succeeded in effecting moral disarmament.

Ramsay MacDonald

Wars are popular. Contractors make profits; the aristocracy glean honour.

Ramsay MacDonald

It is not God but the Devil who is in charge of the international situation and those who are working for God in it are poor servants if all they do is worship God and neglect their duty to cincumvent the Devil.

Ramsay MacDonald

Tomorrow every Duchess in London will be waiting to kiss me.

Ramsay MacDonald

Top 11 Quotes & Sayings by Ramsay MacDonald

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