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Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux

(1778–1868) Politician

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Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux was a politician, best known for Historical Sketches of Statesmen Who Flourished in the Time of George III.

Quick Facts About Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux

Born: September 19, 1778
Died: May 7, 1868
Profession: Politician
Notable works: Historical Sketches of Statesmen Who Flourished in the Time of George III

About Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux

Henry Peter Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, was a British statesman who became Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain and played a prominent role in passing the Reform Act 1832 and Slavery Abolition Act 1833.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux

It is necessary that I should qualify the doctrine of its being not men, but measures, that I am determined to support.…

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Determined

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Give a child the habit of sacredly regarding the truth - of carefully respecting the property of others - of scrupulously abstaining…

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Abstaining

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Real knowledge never promoted either turbulence or unbelief; but its progress is the forerunner of liberality and enlightened toleration.

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Enlightened

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I abominate war as Unchristian. I hold it the greatest of human crimes. I deem it to involve all others,--violence, blood, rapine,…

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Blood

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In my mind, he was guilty of no error - he was chargeable with no exaggeration - he was betrayed by his…

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Betrayal

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Pursuit of knowledge under difficulties.

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Adversity

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What individual can so well assess the amount of damages which a plaintiff ought to recover for an injury he has received…

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Amount

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I trust everything, under God, to habit, upon which, in all ages, the lawgiver, as well as the schoolmaster, has mainly placed…

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Age

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A lawyer is a gentleman that rescues your estate from your enemies and then keeps it for himself.

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Enemy

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The schoolmaster is abroad, and I trust to him, armed with his primer, against the soldier in full military array.

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Inspirational

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Not a step can we take in any direction without perceiving the most extraordinary traces of design; and the skill everywhere conspicuous…

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Absolutes

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War is a crime which involves all other crimes.

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Crime

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Let the soldier be abroad if he will, he can do nothing in this age. There is another personage,- a personage less…

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Age

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Make sobriety a habit, and intemperance will be hateful; make prudence a habit, and reckless profligacy will be as contrary to the…

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Adults

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The same Being that fashioned the insect, whose existence is only discerned by a microscope, and gave that invisible speck a system…

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Century

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