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date: 16 May 2025

Joseph Chamberlain 1836–1914
British Liberal politician 

  1. In politics, there is no use looking beyond the next fortnight.
    letter from A. J. Balfour to 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, 24 March 1886; A. J. Balfour Chapters of Autobiography (1930) ch. 16; see Wilson
  2. The day of small nations has long passed away. The day of Empires has come.
    speech at Birmingham, 12 May 1904