Leslie Hore-Belisha Quotes
When a man tells me he's going to put all his cards on the table, I always look up his sleeve.
Leslie Hore-Belisha, 1893-1957, British Minister of Transport & Secretary of War, Remark to Winston Churchill in regard to Benito Mussolini, 1938
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Leslie Hore-Belisha, 1st Baron Hore-Belisha, PC was a British Liberal, then National Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) and Cabinet Minister. He later joined the Conservative Party. He proved highly successful in modernizing the British road system in 1934–37 as Minister of Transport. As War Secretary, 1937–1940, he feuded with the commanding generals and was removed in 1940. Anti-semitism played a role in blocking his appointment as Minister of Information. His biographer compares his strong and weak points: