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12 quotes by Stafford Cripps

Sir Richard Stafford Cripps FRS (24 April 1889 – 21 April 1952) was a British Labour politician of the first half of the 20th century. During World War II he served in a number of positions in the wartime coalition, including Ambassador to the Soviet Union and Minister of Aircraft Production. After the war he served in the Attlee Ministry, firstly as President of the Board of Trade and between 1947 and 1950 as Chancellor of the Exchequer. In the...
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Violent statements and threats cannot provide a solution to the problem. They can only exacerbate feeling and make a clash of forces inevitable.

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India has indeed a great and free future before her, in which she can make her special contribution to the well-being of mankind. The first and... →

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Productive power is the foundation of a country's economic strength.

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Apart altogether from our own vital interests, we cannot and must not desert those other nations who have already gone through so much tragedy and... →

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Many hard comments have been made on my efforts in India from the side of the Congress party, yet I feel content in the deep conviction that the... →

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We have pledged ourselves, and of this the United Nations of the world are witness, to give the fullest opportunity for attainment of self-government... →

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Reasoned arguments and suggestions which make allowance for the full difficulties of the state of war that exists may help, and will always be... →

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No one will expect the British Government or the Government of India to give way to threats of violence, disorder and chaos; and, indeed... →

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Gandhi has asked that the British Government should walk out of India and leave the Indian people to settle differences among themselves, even if it... →

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Gandhi has more recently recognized the need for continuance of British, American and Chinese efforts in India and has suggested that these troops... →

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It is not yet too late for the Indian people to decide on rapid, ordered progress. I can assure them that the British people are as determined upon... →

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We ask the great masses of India to be patient a short time longer, while the cause of freedom is being fought out, not because we want to delay, but... →

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