Who is Arthur Henderson
Arthur Henderson (13 September 1863 – 20 October 1935) was a British iron moulder and Labour politician. He was the first Labour cabinet minister, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1934 and, uniquely, served three separate terms as Leader of the Labour Party in three different decades. He was popular among his colleagues, who called him "Uncle Arthur" in acknowledgement of his integrity, his devotion to the cause and his imperturbability. He was a transitional figure whose policies were, at first, close to those of the Liberal Party. The trades unions rejected his emphasis on arbitration and conciliation, and thwarted his goal of unifying the Labour Party and the trade unions.Early life
Arthur Henderson was born at 10 Paterson Street, Anderston, Glasgow, Scotland, in...
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- As a first step there must be an offer to achieve equality of rights in disarmament by abolishing the weapons forbidden to the Central Powers by the Peace Treaties.
- It is because I believe that it is in the power of such nations to lead the world back into the paths of peace that I propose to devote myself to explaining what, in my opinion, can and should be done to banish the fear of war that hangs so heavily over the world.
- Thus, the struggle for peace includes the struggle for freedom and justice for the masses of all countries.
- The more the history of the World War and what led up to it is studied, the more clearly those tragic years become revealed as a vast collapse of civilization.
- Those nations have a very great responsibility at this juncture of the world's affairs, for by throwing their joint weight into the scales of history on the right side, they may tip the balance decisively in favour of peace.
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Cyberalgo: “thus, the struggle for peace includes the struggle for freedom and justice for the masses of all countries.” —arthur hendersonSeanbaillie9: found hugh mciver avenue on a walk this morning, interestingly parallel to arthur henderson avenue
Aisilion: shirley henderson does hold the record of playing a teen at 38 yes, but i'm still disappointed that none of these lists have nigel terry's portrayal of 14 year old arthur in excalibur, he was 36 at the time..
Lfc_gambino: we knew thiago is injury prone we knew keita is injury prone we knew henderson is washed we knew milner is 37 and we still thought signing arthur is gonna fix our midfield problems we deserve this
Outonbluesix: despite never quite being very keen on 'church', i have to confess that tina heath on the sunday gang was - along with toni arthur, maggie henderson and louise hall-taylor - my first television crush. i very evidently had a 'type'.
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