Creative Quotations from A. J. Balfour (1848-1930)

Creative Quotations from . . .

A. J. Balfour
(1848-1930) born on Jul 25

English statesman. "He was Prime Minister, 1902-05; wrote "Balfour Declaration," 1917, approving the establishment of Jewish state in Palestine."

History does not repeat itself. Historians repeat each other.

Enthusiasm moves the world.

I rather think of having a career of my own.

"The energies of our system will decay, the glory of the sun will be dimmed, and the earth, tideless and inert, will no longer tolerate the race which has for a moment disturbed its solitude."

Biography should be written by an acute enemy.

Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F:	Quoted by his biographer Kenneth Young.
R:	"In <a href="http://www.cyber-nation.com/cgi-bin/victory/quotations/qlreferral/quotelib.pl?id=10115">The Ultimate Success Quotations Library</a>, 1997."
A:	"When asked whether he was going to marry Margot Tennant. "Autobiography," (Margot Asquith), Ch. 9"
N:	"The Foundations of Belief, Pt I. Ch. 1"
K:	"Quoted in: Observer (London, 30 Jan. 1927)."