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> [Of all the vulgar arts of government, that of solving every difficulty that might arise by thrusting the hand into the public purse is the most illusory and contemptible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-peel/of-all-the-vulgar-arts-of-government-that-of-solving-every-difficulty/)

[Robert Peel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-peel/)

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## More by Robert Peel

> [The distinction of being without an honour is becoming a rare and valuable one and should not become extinct.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-peel/the-distinction-of-being-without-an-honour-is-becoming-a-rare-and/)

[Robert Peel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-peel/)

> [Can there be a more lamentable picture than that of a Chancellor of the Exchequer seated on an empty chest by a pool of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-peel/can-there-be-a-more-lamentable-picture-than-that-of-a-chancellor-of/)

[Robert Peel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-peel/)

> [Much is said about English severity, but not a word about Irish provocation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-peel/much-is-said-about-english-severity-but-not-a-word-about-irish/)

[Robert Peel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-peel/)

> [My object, having a surplus to deal with, is to consider how I can deal with it to the greatest advantage to the consumer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-peel/my-object-having-a-surplus-to-deal-with-is-to-consider-how-i-can-deal/)

[Robert Peel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-peel/)

> [My belief is, from all that I have seen of the French people and their Government, that they are much more likely to presume…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-peel/my-belief-is-from-all-that-i-have-seen-of-the-french-people-and-their/)

[Robert Peel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-peel/)

> [If the spirit of the Reform Bill implies merely, a careful review of institutions, civil and ecclesiastical, undertaken in a friendly temper, combining, with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-peel/if-the-spirit-of-the-reform-bill-implies-merely-a-careful-review-of/)

[Robert Peel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-peel/)

> [On the Wednesday evening - that is, the day I saw her Majesty on this particular point - I had the opportunity of conferring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-peel/on-the-wednesday-evening-that-is-the-day-i-saw-her-majesty-on-this/)

[Robert Peel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-peel/)

> [I never knew a man escape failures, in either mind or body, who worked seven days in a week.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-peel/i-never-knew-a-man-escape-failures-in-either-mind-or-body-who-worked/)

[Robert Peel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-peel/)

> [The police are the public and the public are the police](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-peel/the-police-are-the-public-and-the-public-are-the-police/)

[Robert Peel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-peel/)

> [No minister ever stood, or could stand, against public opinion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-peel/no-minister-ever-stood-or-could-stand-against-public-opinion/)

[Robert Peel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-peel/)

> [But after this natural burst of indignation, no man of sense, courage, or prudence will waste his time or his strength in retrospective reproaches…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-peel/but-after-this-natural-burst-of-indignation-no-man-of-sense-courage/)

[Robert Peel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-peel/)

> [I shall leave a name execrated by every monopolist...but it may be...sometimes remembered with expressions of goodwill in the abodes of those whose lot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-peel/i-shall-leave-a-name-execrated-by-every-monopolist-but-it-may-be/)

[Robert Peel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-peel/)

> [If wheat were at this moment subject to a duty of twenty shillings the quarter, and if Indian corn were virtually excluded, next winter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-peel/if-wheat-were-at-this-moment-subject-to-a-duty-of-twenty-shillings/)

[Robert Peel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-peel/)

> [I feel and know that the Repeal must lead to the dismemberment of this great empire; must make Great Britain a fourth-rate power in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-peel/i-feel-and-know-that-the-repeal-must-lead-to-the-dismemberment-of/)

[Robert Peel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-peel/)

> [Agitation is the marshalling of the conscience of a nation to mold its laws.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-peel/agitation-is-the-marshalling-of-the-conscience-of-a-nation-to-mold/)

[Robert Peel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-peel/)

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