Top Quotes & Sayings by Richard Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a British politician Richard Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane.
Last updated on November 25, 2024.
Richard Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane

Richard Burdon Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane, was a Scottish lawyer and philosopher and an influential British Liberal and later Labour politician. He was Secretary of State for War between 1905 and 1912 during which time the "Haldane Reforms" of the British Army were implemented. As an intellectual he was fascinated with German thought. That led to his role in seeking detente with Germany in 1912 in the Haldane Mission. The mission was a failure and tensions with Berlin forced London to work more closely with Paris.

The aeroplane will never fly. — © Richard Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane
The aeroplane will never fly.
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