Quotation from Simon Sebag Montefiore
Quotation is from the book Jerusalem The biography, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Alfred A. Knoff, New York, 2011. Page 431.
“In an age uninhibited theories of racial superiority, Balfour* was convinced Jews were “the most gifted race mankind had known since fifth century BC Greece” and Churchill* thought them “the most formidable and gifted race”, yet simultaneously he called them a “mystic and mysterious race chosen for the supreme manifestation both of the divine and the diabolical.” Lloyd George* privately criticized Herbert Samuel** for having “the worst characteristics of his race.” Yet all three were genuine philo-Semites.”
All quotations are from the period of World War One (WWI).
Each of three leaders, mentioned in above quotation, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom at one or another time:
* Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, KG, OM, PC, FRS, FBA, DL was a British statesman of the Conservative Party who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1902 to 1905. Wikipedia
* Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill KG OM CH TD PCc DL FRS RA was a British statesman, army officer and writer, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. Wikipedia
* David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, OM, PC was a British statesman of the Liberal Party. His most important role came as the highly energetic Prime Minister of the Wartime Coalition Government (1916–22), during and immediately after the First World War. Wikipedia
** Herbert Louis Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel, GCB, OM, GBE, PC was a British Liberal politician who was the party leader from 1931 to 1935.Wikipedia
Prepared by B.V. Jan 27, 2018
“In an age uninhibited theories of racial superiority, Balfour* was convinced Jews were “the most gifted race mankind had known since fifth century BC Greece” and Churchill* thought them “the most formidable and gifted race”, yet simultaneously he called them a “mystic and mysterious race chosen for the supreme manifestation both of the divine and the diabolical.” Lloyd George* privately criticized Herbert Samuel** for having “the worst characteristics of his race.” Yet all three were genuine philo-Semites.”
All quotations are from the period of World War One (WWI).
Each of three leaders, mentioned in above quotation, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom at one or another time:
* Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, KG, OM, PC, FRS, FBA, DL was a British statesman of the Conservative Party who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1902 to 1905. Wikipedia
* Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill KG OM CH TD PCc DL FRS RA was a British statesman, army officer and writer, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. Wikipedia
* David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, OM, PC was a British statesman of the Liberal Party. His most important role came as the highly energetic Prime Minister of the Wartime Coalition Government (1916–22), during and immediately after the First World War. Wikipedia
** Herbert Louis Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel, GCB, OM, GBE, PC was a British Liberal politician who was the party leader from 1931 to 1935.Wikipedia
Prepared by B.V. Jan 27, 2018