James Ramsay MacDonald, FRS (1866–1937) was a British statesman who was the first ever Labour Party Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, leading a Labour Government in 1924, a Labour Government from 1929 to 1931, and a National Government from 1931 to 1935.
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The man who saves time by galloping loses it by missing his way; the shepherd who hurries his flock to get them home spends the night on the mountain looking for the lost; economy does not consist in haste, but in certainty.
—Ramsay MacDonald
Topics: Action
We have all taken risks in the making of war. Isn’t it time that we should take risks to secure peace?
—Ramsay MacDonald
Topics: Peace
We shall never be able to effect physical disarmament until we have succeeded in effecting moral disarmament.
—Ramsay MacDonald
Topics: Peace
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