Beaverbrook quotes

The papers conducted by Lord Rothermere and Lord Beaverbrook are not newspapers in the ordinary acceptance of theterm.Theyare engines of propaganda for the constantly-changing policies, desires, personal wishes, and personal likes and dislikes of two men† What the proprietorship of those papers is aiming at is power, and power without responsibilitythe prerogative of the harlot throughout the ages.

- Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin (of Bewdley)
  Speech,18 Mar. Rudyard Kipling, Baldwin's cousin, is alleged to be the original author of this famous phrase. Harold Macmillan claimed that the Duke of Devonshire (his father-in- law) responded 'Good God, that's done it, he's lost us the tarts.'

Beaverbrook is so pleased to be in the Government that heislikethetowntart who has finally married themayor.

- Sir Beverley (Arthur) Baxter
  Remark attributed to Baxter in Sir Henry Channon Chips: the Diaries (1967), entry for12  Jun.