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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?
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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.
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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.
solemn
It is the solemn obligation of a leader always to be a leader. Even when - perhaps especially when - you don't feel like being a leader. Bill Owens
sole
Things rust, you know, like the heart. My cardiologist said, 'It's a pump; use it - that's the sole advice I've got to give you.' It's the same in playwriting. Don't theorise about it. Do it. Peter Shaffer
solemn cease
Feasts must be solemn and rare, or else they cease to be feasts. Aldous Huxley
sole artifice experiments
Experiment is the sole interpreter of the artifices of Nature. Leonardo da Vinci
sole tyranny paradise-lost-book-1
Sole reigning holds the tyranny of Heav'n. John Milton
sole source experiments
Experiment is the sole source of truth. Henri Poincare
sole dictionary
I am the sole author of the dictionary that defines me. Zadie Smith