Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow: Many

Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow was British politician, agriculturalist and colonial administrator (1887-1952). Explore interesting quotes on many.

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“I well know that there are many people who press for swifter and more radical solutions of the problems before us.”

Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow

10 January 1940, Speech at Orient Club, Bombay, also quoted in Speeches and Statements of the Marquess of Linlithgow, p. 229.

“We have, I suspect, a long way to go yet. We may have to face many very difficult and awkward situations. It may well be that the real test still lies ahead of us.”

Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow

10 January 1940, Speech at Orient Club, Bombay, also quoted in Speeches and Statements of the Marquess of Linlithgow, p. 227.

“No one can possess what we call good judgement, which is about the same thing as an instinct for recognizing Reasonable Probabilities, whose mind is not trained to follow truth. And in many of the most important things of life. Reasonable Probabilities are our only guides.”

Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow

12 September 1936, Advice to the pupils of the Bishop Cotton School, Simla, also quoted in Speeches and Statements of the Marquess of Linlithgow, p. 19-20