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1864–1934

Frederick Scott Oliver (20 February 1864 – 3 June 1934), was a prominent Scottish political writer and businessman who advocated tariff reform and imperial union for the British Empire. He played an important role in the Round Table movement, collaborated in the downfall of Prime Minister H.

Also known as: Frederick Scott Oliver

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The spirit of the nation is a great force, but it is one which cannot be always on the alert, and while it sleeps, the part of noble institutions is to keep watch.

Alexander Hamilton: An Essay on American Union (1906)

The only two men who really seem to understand that we are at war are Winston and Lloyd George. Both have faults which disgust one peculiarly at the present time, but there is a reality about them and they are in earnest, which the others aren't.

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