No expense has been incurred but what has been approved of and provided for by Parliament. — Robert Walpole Copy Share Image
The public treasure has been duly applied to the uses to which it was appropriated by Parliament, and regular accounts have been annually laid before Parliament, of every article of expense. — Robert Walpole Copy Share Image
Have I given any symptoms of an avaricious disposition? Have I obtained any grants from the crown since I have been placed at the… — Robert Walpole Copy Share
Admitting, however, for the sake of argument, that I am prime and sole minister in this country, am I, therefore, prime and sole minister… — Robert Walpole Copy Share
And here a most heinous charge is made, that the nation has been burdened with unnecessary expenses for the sole purpose of preventing the… — Robert Walpole Copy Share
Gentlemen have talked a great deal of patriotism. A venerable word, when duly practiced. — Robert Walpole Copy Share
I will not attempt to deny the reasonableness and necessity of a party war; but in carrying on that war all principles and rules… — Robert Walpole Copy Share
Some members of both Houses have, it is true, been removed from their employments under the Crown; but were they ever told, either by… — Robert Walpole Copy Share
I have never been afraid of making patriots; but I disdain and despise all their efforts. — Robert Walpole Copy Share
I can not, therefore, see how this can be imputed as a crime, or how any of the king's ministers can be blamed for… — Robert Walpole Copy Share
Is it no imputation to be arraigned before this House, in which I have sat forty years, and to have my name transmitted to… — Robert Walpole Copy Share
It has from the beginning been carried on with as much vigor and as great care of our trade as was consistent with our… — Robert Walpole Copy Share
