"It has from the beginning been carried on……" — Robert Walpole
"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."
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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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