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    Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation?--Why quit
    our own to stand upon foreign ground?--Why by interweaving our
    destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and
    prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship,
    interest, humour or caprice?

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I have the courage of my opinions, but I have not the temerity to
give a political blank cheque read more

I have the courage of my opinions, but I have not the temerity to
give a political blank cheque to Lord Salisbury.

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If one has no better method of enticement to offer, the cordial
agreement seems to us to be the read more

If one has no better method of enticement to offer, the cordial
agreement seems to us to be the best compromise.
[Fr., Si l'on n'a pas de meilleurs moyen de seduction a lui
offrir, l'entente cordiale nous parait fort compromise.]

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It is well indeed for out land that we of this generation have
learned to think nationally.

It is well indeed for out land that we of this generation have
learned to think nationally.

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The people of the two nations [French and English] must be
brought into mutual dependence by the supply of read more

The people of the two nations [French and English] must be
brought into mutual dependence by the supply of each other's
wants. There is no other way of counteracting the antagonism of
language and race. It is God's own method of producing an
entente cordiale, and no other plan is worth a farthing.

by Richard Cobden Found in: Statesmanship Quotes,
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It is strange so great a statesman should
Be so sublime a poet.

It is strange so great a statesman should
Be so sublime a poet.

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No statesman e'er will find it worth his pains
To tax our labours and excise our brains.

No statesman e'er will find it worth his pains
To tax our labours and excise our brains.

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And lives to clutch the golden keys,
To mould a mighty state's decrees,
And shape the whisper read more

And lives to clutch the golden keys,
To mould a mighty state's decrees,
And shape the whisper of the throne.

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Who would not praise Patrico's high desert,
His hand unstain'd, his uncorrupted heart,
His comprehensive head? all read more

Who would not praise Patrico's high desert,
His hand unstain'd, his uncorrupted heart,
His comprehensive head? all interests weigh'd,
All Europe sav'd, yet Britain not betray'd.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Statesmanship Quotes,
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Peace. commerce, and honest friendship with all
nations--entangling alliances with none.

Peace. commerce, and honest friendship with all
nations--entangling alliances with none.

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