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british-statesman charge consistency depends reflect
But I have the satisfaction, at the same time, to reflect that the impression to be made depends upon the consistency of the charge and the motives of the prosecutors. Robert Walpole
british-statesman sole
I am called repeatedly and insidiously prime and sole minister.
british-statesman conduct given grants obtained placed since station symptoms
Have I given any symptoms of an avaricious disposition? Have I obtained any grants from the crown since I have been placed at the head of the treasury? Has my conduct been different from that which others in the same station would have followed?
british-statesman
I wish I was as cocksure of anything as Tom Macaulay is of everything. Lord Melbourne
british-statesman government preserve prevent
The whole duty of government is to prevent crime and to preserve contracts.
british-statesman men support
That is no use at all. What I want is men who will support me when I am in the wrong.
british-statesman fool honest
A doctrinaire is a fool but an honest man.
british-statesman
It is not much matter which we say, but mind, we must all say the same.
british-statesman entertain esoteric maintain rugged safest side steep transit unpopular
My esoteric doctrine, is that if you entertain any doubt, it is safest to take the unpopular side in the first instance. Transit from the unpopular, is easy... but from the popular to the unpopular is so steep and rugged that it is impossible to maintain it.
mother i-love-my-mother whole
I love my mother so much, because I see the whole of her. Alexandra Fuller
mother tough self-made
One of the things about being raised British in Africa is that you get this double whammy of toughness. The continent in place itself made you quite tough. And then you've got this British mother whose entire being rejects 'coddling' in case it makes you too soft. So there's absolutely nothing standing between you and a fairly rough experience.
mother believe i-believe
I believe it stands for 'mother I'd like to...befriend, Alexandra Adornetto
mothers nurse public risk time
Mothers risk prosecution every time they go out in public and nurse their children.
mother nature stuck
Mother nature really stuck with us on this, David Lucas
mother nature worse
Mother nature is not cooperating. Things will get worse as the day progresses.
mother natural nature purpose putting slate taken
Mother Nature didn't make slate for the purpose of putting it on a roof. We did. We've taken out all of the vulnerabilities and disadvantages of the natural material.
mother stop
Mother, ... if you could stop time, when would you stop it? Anna Lee
mother
McCauley called his mother and said he had killed someone.
silence suffering males
I suppose he'll just have to do," she amended. "You'll have to suffer in silence with your male model...I feel for you." "Oh, stop it, Molly.
silence important matter
I like better for one to say some foolish thing upon important matters than to be silent. That becomes the subject of discussion and dispute, and the truth is discovered. Denis Diderot
silence speech
Right speech comes out of silence and right silence comes out of speech. Dietrich Bonhoeffer
silence word worth
If a word be worth one shekel, silence is worth two
silence calumny
Calumnies are answered best with silence. Ben Jonson
silence revealing reticence
Reticences are as revealing as avowals. Elizabeth Bibesco
silence speak climax
Silences have a climax, when you have got to speak. Elizabeth Bowen
silence stranger taxi
Silence sat in the taxi, as though a stranger had got in.
silence different sound
Silences can be as different as sounds.