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Arthur Henderson Politician

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: United Kingdom
  • Born: Sep 20, 1863
  • Died: Oct 20, 1935

Arthur Henderson PC was a British iron moulder and Labour politician. He was the first Labour cabinet minister, the 1934 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and served three terms as the Leader of the Labour Party. He was popular among his colleagues, who called him "Uncle Arthur" in acknowledgement of his integrity, devotion to the cause and unperturbability. He was a transition figure whose policies were closer to the Liberal Party for the trades unions rejected his emphasis on arbitration and conciliation and thwarted his goal of unifying the Labour Party and the trades unions.

To solve the problem of organizing world peace we must establish world law and order.

Another essential to a universal and durable peace is social justice.

Whatever we do or fail to do will influence the course of history.

Thus, the struggle for peace includes the struggle for freedom and justice for the masses of all countries.