A platitude is simply a truth repeated until people get tired of hearing it.

Stanley Baldwin

Read this speech at parliament.uk.

More information about this quote

Topic

Platitudes and cliches Truth

Speaker

Stanley Baldwin

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1924 1920s 20th century

Occupation

National leader Politician

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Baldwin, Stanley. Speech in the House of Commons. House of Commons meeting. 29 May 1924. London, England, UK.

Illustrated Quote

A quote by Stanley Baldwin about platitudes and cliches: “A platitude is simply a truth repeated until people get tired…”
Download
A quote by Stanley Baldwin about platitudes and cliches: “A platitude is simply a truth repeated until people get tired…”
Download
A quote by Stanley Baldwin about platitudes and cliches: “A platitude is simply a truth repeated until people get tired…”
Download

Related Quotes

Below are one or more quotes that share at least one tag with the quote at the top of the page

Another quote from the 1920s

All civilization has from time to time become a thin crust over a volcano of revolution.

Havelock Ellis

More information about this quote
Topic
Civilization Revolution

Author

Havelock Ellis
Source
Little Essays of Love and Virtue
Medium
Essay
Language
English
Time
1922 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Ellis, Havelock. Little Essays of Love and Virtue. George H. Doran Company/A & C Black, 1922, ch. 7.

Another quote about Truth

We know the truth, not only by the reason, but by the heart.

Blaise Pascal

Pensées

Buy Pensées at Amazon Buy Pensées at Amazon
Read Pensees at Project Gutenberg
More information about this quote
Topic
Knowing the truth Truth Limits of reason Intuition

Author

Blaise Pascal
Source
Pensées
Medium
Epigram
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
French
Time
1670 1670s 17th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Pascal, Blaise. Pensées [Thoughts]. Paris: Chez G. Desprez, 1670, no. 1.

Current Citation

Pascal, Blaise. "Pensées." Pensées and Other Writings, edited by Anthony Levi, translated by Honor Levi. Oxford University Press, 2008, no. 1.

Another quote from the following genre Political speech

The ballot is stronger than the bullet.

Abraham Lincoln

Read Lincoln's Lost Speech at Project Gutenberg
More information about this quote
Topic
Voting Political theory
Speaker
Abraham Lincoln
Source
Lost Speech
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1856 1850s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "Lost Speech." Anti-Nebraska Bloomington Convention, First Republican State Convention of Illinois. 29 May 1856, Major's Hall, Bloomington, IL, USA.

Current Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "Speech at Bloomington, Illinois, May 29, 1856." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1832-1858, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 1989.