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Excerpts from a leader’s speech Campbell-Bannerman delivered in Hull in 1899

— Henry Campbell-Bannerman

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Liberal politics meant the politics of common-sense.

The greatest of British interests is peace.

I have never uttered a pro-Boer word: I have been anti-Joe but never pro-Kruger.

I have said that in my opinion at the present time, as to the main fabric of our Army system, the truest courage and the best reforming wisdom lies in leaving well alone.

We have in all things three great enemies: (1) devotion to material prosperity, national and individual; (2) love of sport and gambling in all forms; (3) apathy.

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