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Emma Alice Margaret (Margot) Tennant Asquith (February 2, 1864-July 28, 1945) was a British socialite, author and wit. · Can we improve this biography or this incorrect? Post your own bio in the forums. Explore books and films about Asquith, Margot.

"There are big men, men of intellect, intellectual men, men of talent and men of action; but the great man is difficult to find, and it needs --apart from discernment --a certain greatness to find him."

Asquith, Margot on Genius
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"It is always dangerous to generalize, but the American people, while infinitely generous, are a hard and strong race and, but for the few cemeteries I have seen, I am inclined to think they never die."

Asquith, Margot on America
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"The first element of greatness is fundamental humbleness (this should not be confused with servility); the second is freedom from self; the third is intrepid courage, which, taken in its widest interpretation, generally goes with truth; and the fourth --the power to love --although I have put it last, is the rarest."

Asquith, Margot on Greatness
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"Journalism over here is not only an obsession but a drawback that cannot be overrated. Politicians are frightened of the press, and in the same way as bull-fighting has a brutalizing effect upon Spain (of which she is unconscious), headlines of murder, rape, and rubbish, excite and demoralize the American public."

Asquith, Margot on Journalism and Journalists
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"The ingrained idea that, because there is no king and they despise titles, the Americans are a free people is pathetically untrue. There is a perpetual interference with personal liberty over there that would not be tolerated in England for a week."

Asquith, Margot on Liberty
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"To marry a man out of pity is folly; and, if you think you are going to influence the kind of fellow who has never had a chance, poor devil, you are profoundly mistaken. One can only influence the strong characters in life, not the weak; and it is the height of vanity to suppose that you can make an honest man of anyone."

Asquith, Margot on Marriage
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"He could not see a belt without hitting below it."

Asquith, Margot on Politicians and Politics
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"From the happy expression on their faces you might have supposed that they welcomed the war. I have met with men who loved stamps, and stones, and snakes, but I could not imagine any man loving war."

Asquith, Margot on War
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