6 Duke of Edinburgh Philip Quotes on Politics

Duke of Edinburgh Philip quotes on politics

5. It is frequently more rewarding merely to ask pertinent questions. It may get someone to go and look for an answer. If you get a silly answer, which can easily happen, you can return to the charge with even more telling effect. Whatever happens, don't give up and don't despair. Results may not be immediately apparent, but you may have touched a receptive chord without knowing it. Even the most unsympathetic and unenlightened politician, industrialist or bureaucrat begins to take notice when a lot of people write about the same subject.

9. You have mosquitos. I have the Press.

26. In 1997, the Duke of Edinburgh, participating in an already controversial British visit to the Jallianwala Bagh massacre Monument, provoked outrage in India and in the UK with an offhand comment. Having observed a plaque claiming 'This place is saturated with the blood of about two thousand Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims who were martyred in a non-violent struggle.', Prince Philip observed, 'That's a bit exaggerated, it must include the wounded'. When asked how he had come to this conclusion Philip said 'I was told about the killings by General Dyer's son. I'd met him while I was in the Navy.' [9]

27. During a Royal visit to a Tamil Hindu temple in London, he asked a Hindu priest if he was related to the terrorist organization the Tamil Tigers.[1]

28. In 1996, he drew sharp criticism when he said 'a gun is no more dangerous than a cricket bat in the hands of a madman'. The comment came in the wake of the massacre of 16 children and their teacher in Dunblane, Scotland.[3]

36. What do you gargle with - pebbles? (1969)