Gentlemen have talked a great deal of patriotism. A venerable word, when duly practised.
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The very idea of true patriotism is lost, and the term has been prostituted to the very worst of purposes. A patriot, sir! Why, patriots spring up like mushrooms!Robert Walpole
Many words are not wanting to show that the particular view of each court occasioned the dangers which affected the public tranquillity; yet the whole is charged to my account. Nor is this sufficient.
Robert Walpole
Oh, do not read history, for that I know must be false.
Robert Walpole
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?
Robert Walpole
I took the right sow by the ear.
Robert Walpole
I have lived long enough in the world, Sir, . . . to know that the safety of a minister lies in his having the approbation of this House. Former ministers, Sir, neglected this, and therefore they fell I have always made it my first study to obtain it...
Robert Walpole
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