Good Advice Quotes
Marquis of Lansdowne. What makes this quotation so noteworthy is the illustration of a political rarity. The leader of the country calls in a leading politician and asks for advice on a current political problem. Politicians almost always have advice to give even when it is not wanted or asked for. But the total number of occasions where the Politician had no good advice could be measured on the fingers of one hand. This is the most classic. The problem was that the previous government had collapsed for want of a majority of Parliament, and the Queen was seeking advice on which of the leading politicians she should ask to try and put a government together. However, no one was sure that any of the politicians could muster enough support to form a government, but everyone had an opinion except Lord Lansdowne.