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7 quotes by George Canning

Wikisource has original text related to this article: The Pilgrimage to Mecca George Canning, FRS, (11 April 1770 – 8 August 1827) was a British statesman and politician who served as Foreign Secretary and was briefly Prime Minister.
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Indecision and delays are the parents of failure.

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I can prove anything by statistics except the truth.

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Here's to the pilot that weathered the storm.

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A steady patriot of the world alone, The friend of every country but his own.

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I called the New World into existence, to redress the balance of the Old.

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But of all plagues, good Heaven, thy wrath can send, Save me, oh, save me, from the candid friend!

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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... →

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