...the great Unionist party shall still control, whether in power or whether in opposition, the destinies of this great Empire. - Arthur Balfour

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...the great Unionist party shall still control, whether in power or whether in opposition, the destinies of this great Empire.

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About Arthur Balfour

Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, KG, OM, PC (25 July 1848 – 19 March 1930) was a British Conservative statesman and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1902 until 1905. The author of several influential works of philosophy, he was one of the most intellectual prime ministers of the 20th century. As Foreign Secretary he authored the Balfour Declaration of 1917, which supported the establishment of a homeland for the Jewish people in Palestine.

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Alternative Names: Arthur James Balfour • first earl of Balfour • 1st Earl of Balfour • Viscount Traprain of Whittingehame • Arthur James, Earl of Balfour • A. J. Balfour
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Men's wishes are not always vain, nor is every life too brief to satisfy its possessor. Only when we attempt, from the point of view permitted by physics and biology, to sum up the possibilities of collective human endeavour, do we fully realise the "vanity of vanities" proclaimed by the Preacher.
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