It has from the beginning been carried on with as much vigor and as great care of our trade as was consistent with our safety at home and with the circumstances we were in at the beginning of the war. — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Gentlemen have talked a great deal of patriotism. A venerable word, when duly practiced. — Robert Walpole Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
The gratitude of place-expectants is a lively sense of future favours. — Robert Walpole Copy Share Image
I have never been afraid of making patriots; but I disdain and despise all their efforts. — Robert Walpole Copy Share Image
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 Image
