Lord Melbourne Quotes
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“The whole duty of government is to prevent crime and to preserve contracts.”
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“Once is orthodox, twice is puritanical.”
— Lord Melbourne
It wounds a man less to confess that he has failed in any pursuit through idleness, neglect, the love of pleasure, etc., etc., which are his own faults, than through incapacity and unfitness, which are the faults of his nature.
— Lord Melbourne
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.
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“Things are coming to a pretty pass when religion is allowed to invade private life.”
— Lord Melbourne
“A doctrinaire is a fool but an honest man.”
— Lord Melbourne
That is no use at all. What I want is men who will support me when I am in the wrong.
— Lord Melbourne
The whole duty of government is to prevent crime and to preserve contracts.
— Lord Melbourne
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