Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel Quotes

#1. Knowledge, to become Wisdom, needs Judgment.

Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel

#2. The world is like a mirror; frown at it, and it frowns at you. Smile and it smiles, too.

Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel

#3. The house of Lords must be the only institution in the world which is kept efficient by the persistent absenteeism of most of its members.

Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel

#4. A difficulty for every solution.

Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel

#5. The answer to our prayer may be the echo of our resolve.

Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel

#6. Science is the key which unlocks the storehouses of nature.

Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel

#7. Without doubt the greatest injury of all was done by basing morals on myth. For, sooner or later, myth is recognized for what it is, and disappears. Then morality loses the foundation on which it has been built.

Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel

#8. I have lately obtained the opinion of a number of Chief Constables, who declare with almost complete unanimity that the recent great increase in juvenile delinquency is, to a considerable extent, due to demoralising cinematograph films.

Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel