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Oswald Mosley Quotes

1896–1980 United Kingdom

Sir Oswald Ernald Mosley, 6th Baronet (November 16, 1896 – December 3, 1980) was a British politician principally known as the founder of the British Union of Fascists.

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Also known as: Oswald Moseley

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A prophet or an achiever must never mind an occasional absurdity; it is an occupational risk.

Great men of action never mind on occasion being ridiculous; in a sense it is part of their job.

If you love our country you are national, and if you love our people you are a socialist.

That consecrated combination of private interests and public plunders.

We have lost the good old British spirit. Instead we have American journalism and black-shirted buffoons making a cheap imitation of ice-cream sellers.

Together in Britain we have lit a flame that the ages shall not extinguish. Guard that sacred flame, my brother Blackshirts, until it illuminates Britain and lights again the paths of mankind.

I am not, and never have been, a man of the right. My position was on the left and is now in the centre of politics.

Faced with the alternative of saying goodbye to the gold standard, and therefore to his own employment, and goodbye to other people's employment, Mr. Churchill characteristically selected the latter course.

...the old axiom that 'all power corrupts' has doubtful validity, because it derives from our neglect of Plato's advice to find men carefully and train them by methods which make them fit for heroes.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Oswald Mosley (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.