Robert Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury quotes
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“It is one of the misfortunes of our political system that parties are formed more with reference to controversies that are gone by than to the controversies which these parties have actually to decide.”
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“One of the nuisances of the ballot is that when the oracle has spoken you never know what it means.”
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“Industry cannot flow unless cpaital is confident, and capital will not be confident as long as it fears that Parliament will meddle with it and walk off with its profits.”
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“I rank myself no higher in the scheme of things than a policeman - whose utility would disappear if there were no criminals.”
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“It's Friday and I'm ready to swing. Pick up my girls and hit the party scene.”
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Source : "Kinzinger topples Manzullo in Illinois" by Alex Isenstadt and David Catanese, www.politico.com. March 21, 2012.
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“No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic.”
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“When man lives under government, he is fallen, his worth is gone, and his nature tarnished.”
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