Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1937 to 1940
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The British prime minister who believed he could bargain with Hitler. Chamberlain signed the Munich Agreement in September 1938, handing the Sudetenland to Nazi Germany in exchange for what he called peace — a miscalculation that turned his name into shorthand for the cost of appeasing tyrants.
Chamberlain came to Parliament late, at 49, after years in business and local government, following his father and half-brother into politics in 1918. He rose quickly through ministerial posts — Health, then Chancellor of the Exchequer — before becoming prime minister on 28 May 1937. His tenure was consumed by the question of Germany's aggression, and Munich made him briefly popular at home. When Hitler invaded Poland on 1 September 1939, Chamberlain declared war two days later but delivered little real help during the "Phoney War." The failed defense of Norway in May 1940 shattered confidence…
Sourced, dated quotes from Neville Chamberlain
In spite of the harshness and ruthlessness I thought I saw in his face, I got the impression that here was a man who could be relied upon when he had given his word.
[I]s it not positively horrible to think that the fate of hundreds of millions depends on one man, and he is half mad?
We pass no judgment here upon the political systems of other countries, but neither Fascism nor Communism is in harmony with our temperament and creed.
It is no part of my creed that everybody ought to have the same income, for that would not guarantee that everybody would be equally happy.
I myself was not born a little Conservative. I was brought up as a Liberal, and afterwards as a Liberal Unionist.
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