Arthur Henderson Quotes
Whatever we do or fail to do will influence the course of history.
Henderson, Arthur. "Essential Elements of a Universal and Enduring Peace." Nobel Lecture, 11 Dec. 1934, Oslo. Nobel Lectures, Peace 1926-1950, edited by Frederick W. Haberman, Elsevier Publishing Company, 1972.
She was arguing with David Gergen about the impact of the ‘first’ female, religious or ethnic candidate for a particular office as making history. Crowley maintains that usually nothing really fundamentally changes as a result of the ‘first’ history making event.
Arthur Henderson 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.
