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01c. 1710 AD

The balance of power.

Sir Robert Walpole / quote

02c. 1710 AD

Flowery oratory he despised. He ascribed to the interested views of themselves or their relatives the declarations of pretended patriots, of whom he said, "All those men have their price."

Sir Robert Walpole / quote

03c. 1710 AD

Anything but history, for history must be false.

Sir Robert Walpole / quote

04c. 1710 AD

The gratitude of place-expectants is a lively sense of future favours.

Sir Robert Walpole / quote

05Undated

All history is a lie!

Sir Robert Walpole / quote