Alexander Maxwell (civil servant)
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Sir Alexander Maxwell GCB KBE (9 March 1880 – 1 July 1963) was a British civil servant notable for his service as Permanent Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office from 1938 to 1948.
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Alexander Maxwell (civil servant)
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Sir Alexander Maxwell
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Sir Alexander Maxwell
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Coldharbour, Surrey, England
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1963-07-01
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Sharston Mount, Northen Etchells, Cheshire, England
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1880-03-09
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Sir Frank Newsam
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Sir Russell Scott
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1880-03-09
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1963-07-01
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Viscount Templewood . Nine Troubled Years. p. 229.
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Hinsley, F. H. & Simkins, C. A. G. . British Intelligence in the Second World War. Vol IV . HMSO. pp. 57-58.
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1948
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1938
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There would be widespread opposition to such a Regulation as inconsistent with the historic notions of English liberty. Our tradition is that while orders issued by the duly constituted authority must be obeyed, every civilian is at liberty to show, if he can, that such orders are silly or mischievous and the duly constituted authorities are composed of fools or rogues… Accordingly we do not regard activities which are designed to bring the duly constituted authorities into contempt as necessarily subversive; they are only subversive if they are calculated to incite persons to disobey the law, or to change the Government by unconstitutional means. This doctrine gives, of course, great and indeed dangerous liberty to persons who desire revolution, or desire to impede the war effort… but the readiness to take this risk is the cardinal distinction between democracy and totalitarianism.
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Alexander Maxwell in particular helped me with wise and stimulating advice. How lucky I was to have him!… Unruffled amidst all the alarms and excursions that periodically shake a Ministry of public order, he possessed the imperturbable assurance essential to a department of historic traditions.
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1938
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Sir Alexander Maxwell GCB KBE (9 March 1880 – 1 July 1963) was a British civil servant notable for his service as Permanent Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office from 1938 to 1948.
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