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> [No expense has been incurred but what has been approved of and provided for by Parliament.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-walpole/no-expense-has-been-incurred-but-what-has-been-approved-of-and/)

[Robert Walpole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-walpole/)

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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-walpole/the-public-treasure-has-been-duly-applied-to-the-uses-to-which-it-was/)

[Robert Walpole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-walpole/)

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## More by Robert Walpole

> [I am called repeatedly and insidiously prime and sole minister.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-walpole/i-am-called-repeatedly-and-insidiously-prime-and-sole-minister/)

[Robert Walpole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-walpole/)

> [Have I given any symptoms of an avaricious disposition? Have I obtained any grants from the crown since I have been placed at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-walpole/have-i-given-any-symptoms-of-an-avaricious-disposition-have-i/)

[Robert Walpole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-walpole/)

> [Admitting, however, for the sake of argument, that I am prime and sole minister in this country, am I, therefore, prime and sole minister…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-walpole/admitting-however-for-the-sake-of-argument-that-i-am-prime-and-sole/)

[Robert Walpole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-walpole/)

> [And here a most heinous charge is made, that the nation has been burdened with unnecessary expenses for the sole purpose of preventing the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-walpole/and-here-a-most-heinous-charge-is-made-that-the-nation-has-been/)

[Robert Walpole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-walpole/)

> [Gentlemen have talked a great deal of patriotism. A venerable word, when duly practiced.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-walpole/gentlemen-have-talked-a-great-deal-of-patriotism-a-venerable-word/)

[Robert Walpole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-walpole/)

> [Let sleeping dogs lie.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-walpole/let-sleeping-dogs-lie/)

[Robert Walpole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-walpole/)

> [I will not attempt to deny the reasonableness and necessity of a party war; but in carrying on that war all principles and rules…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-walpole/i-will-not-attempt-to-deny-the-reasonableness-and-necessity-of-a/)

[Robert Walpole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-walpole/)

> [Oh, do not read history, for that I know must be false.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-walpole/oh-do-not-read-history-for-that-i-know-must-be-false/)

[Robert Walpole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-walpole/)

> [Some members of both Houses have, it is true, been removed from their employments under the Crown; but were they ever told, either by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-walpole/some-members-of-both-houses-have-it-is-true-been-removed-from-their/)

[Robert Walpole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-walpole/)

> [The gratitude of place-expectants is a lively sense of future favours.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-walpole/the-gratitude-of-place-expectants-is-a-lively-sense-of-future-favours/)

[Robert Walpole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-walpole/)

> [I have never been afraid of making patriots; but I disdain and despise all their efforts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-walpole/i-have-never-been-afraid-of-making-patriots-but-i-disdain-and-despise/)

[Robert Walpole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-walpole/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-walpole/i-can-not-therefore-see-how-this-can-be-imputed-as-a-crime-or-how-any/)

[Robert Walpole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-walpole/)

> [Is it no imputation to be arraigned before this House, in which I have sat forty years, and to have my name transmitted to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-walpole/is-it-no-imputation-to-be-arraigned-before-this-house-in-which-i-have/)

[Robert Walpole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-walpole/)

> [It has from the beginning been carried on with as much vigor and as great care of our trade as was consistent with our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-walpole/it-has-from-the-beginning-been-carried-on-with-as-much-vigor-and-as/)

[Robert Walpole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-walpole/)

> [ \[Read\] anything but history,.. for history must be false. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-walpole/read-anything-but-history-for-history-must-be-false/)

[Robert Walpole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-walpole/)

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