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William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne has 13 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

• Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
• What all the wise men promised has not happened and what all the dammed fools said would happen has come to pass.
• The whole duty of government is to prevent crime and to preserve contracts.
• That is no use at all. What I want is men who will support me when I am in the wrong.
• Neither man nor woman can be worth anything until they have discovered that they are fools. wThis is the first step towards…
• Neither man nor woman can be worth anything until they have discovered that they are fools. The sooner the discovery is made…
• Things are coming to a pretty pass when religion is allowed to invade private life.
• What I like about the Order of the Garter is that there is no damned merit about it.
• It is not much matter which we say, but mind, we must all say the same.
• I wish I was as cocksure of anything as Tom Macaulay is of everything.
• A doctrinaire is a fool but an honest man.
• My esoteric doctrine, is that if you entertain any doubt, it is safest to take the unpopular side in the first instance.…

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