I took the right sow by the ear.
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Oh, do not read history, for that I know must be false.Robert Walpole
I can not, therefore, see how this can be imputed as a crime, or how any of the king's ministers can be blamed for his doing what the public has no concern in; for if the public be well and faithfully served it has no business to ask by whom.
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Whatever was the conduct of England, I am equally arraigned.
Robert Walpole
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!
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It is but refusing to gratify an unreasonable or an insolent demand, and up starts a patriot.
Robert Walpole
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