"All those men have their price." — Robert Walpole
"All those men have their price."
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Robert Walpole
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27 Quotes by Robert Walpole
Robert Walpole has 27 quotes on this site.
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Let sleeping dogs lie.
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The very idea of true patriotism is lost, and the term has been prostituted to the very worst of purposes.…
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Gentlemen have talked a great deal of patriotism. A venerable word, when duly practiced.
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If they are really persuaded that the army is annually established by me, that I have the sole disposal of…
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Is it no imputation to be arraigned before this House, in which I have sat forty years, and to have…
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Many words are not wanting to show that the particular view of each court occasioned the dangers which affected the…
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IT has been observed by several gentlemen, in vindication of this motion, that if it should be carried, neither my…
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I can not, therefore, see how this can be imputed as a crime, or how any of the king's ministers…
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It is but refusing to gratify an unreasonable or an insolent demand, and up starts a patriot.
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I will not attempt to deny the reasonableness and necessity of a party war; but in carrying on that war…
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I have never been afraid of making patriots; but I disdain and despise all their efforts.
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Oh, do not read history, for that I know must be false.
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