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George Canning
English
Statesman
About the author
A steady patriot of the world alone, The friend of every country but his own.
George Canning,
English
Statesman
#World
#Country
#Friend
But of all plagues, good Heaven, thy wrath can send, Save me, oh, save me, from the candid friend!
George Canning,
English
Statesman
#Heaven
#Wrath
Here's to the pilot that weathered the storm.
George Canning,
English
Statesman
I called the New World into existence, to redress the balance of the Old.
George Canning,
English
Statesman
#World
#Old
#Balance
#Existence
I can prove anything by statistics except the truth.
George Canning,
English
Statesman
#Truth
#Statistics
In matters of commerce the fault of the Dutch Is offering too little and asking too much. The French are with equal advantage content, So we clap on Dutch bottoms just twenty per cent.
George Canning,
English
Statesman
#Content
#Fault
#Commerce
Indecision and delays are the parents of failure.
George Canning,
English
Statesman
#Failure
#Parents
#Indecision