"And here a most heinous charge is made,……" — 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 discharge of our debts and the abolition of taxes."
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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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More Abolition Quotes
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I am for socialism, disarmament, and, ultimately, for abolishing the state itself... I seek the social ownership of property, the…
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Abolition of a woman's right to abortion, when and if she wants it, amounts to compulsory maternity: a form of…
— Edward Abbey
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Elimination of illiteracy is as serious an issue to our history as the abolition of slavery.
— Maya Angelou
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Of course, some will say the goal [of abolition] is a utopian dream of human perfection. We needn't worry. There…
— Jonathan Schell
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For centuries the Bible's emphasis on compassion and love for our neighbor has inspired institutional and governmental expressions of benevolent…
— Ronald Reagan
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My views and feelings (are) in favor of the abolition of war-and I hope it is practicable, by improving the…
— Thomas Jefferson
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In this sense, the theory of the Communists may be summed up in the single sentence: Abolition of private property.…
— Karl Marx
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I wish from my soul that the legislature of this State could see the policy of a gradual Abolition of…
— George Washington
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The abolition of domestic slavery is the great object of desire in those colonies, where it was unhappily introduced in…
— Thomas Jefferson
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All good men wish the entire abolition of slavery, as soon as it can take place with safety to the…
— Oliver Ellsworth
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There is no justification for the common claim that Christianity was responsible for the abolition of slavery. The Negro slave…
— Margaret E. Knight
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For every social wrong there must be a remedy. But the remedy can be nothing less than the abolition of…
— Henry George
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