What the proprietorship of these papers is aiming at is power, and power without responsibility — the prerogative of the harlot through the ages.
[Baldwin was attacking the leading press barons of his day (Lord Beaverbrook and Lord Rothermere); the phrase was suggested by Baldwin's cousin Rudyard Kipling (17 March 1931)]
Author: Stanley Baldwin
![What the proprietorship of these papers is aiming at is power, and power without responsibility — the prerogative of the harlot through the ages.<br />[Baldwin was attacking the leading press barons of his day (Lord Beaverbrook and Lord Rothermere); the phrase was suggested by Baldwin's cousin Rudyard Kipling (17 March 1931)] - Stanley Baldwin](/static/img/quotes/747601.jpg)