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George Canning [1770-1827] English
Rank: 104
Statesman, Former British Prime Minister


George Canning, PC, FRS was a British statesman and Tory politician who served in various senior cabinet positions under numerous Prime Ministers, before himself serving as Prime Minister for the final four months of his life.

Failure, Patriotism



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Indecision and delays are the parents of failure. Failure
101
But of all plagues, good Heaven, thy wrath can send, Save me, oh, save me, from the candid friend!
102
Here's to the pilot that weathered the storm.
103
I can prove anything by statistics except the truth.
104
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 Dutch bottoms just twenty per cent.
105
I called the New World into existence, to redress the balance of the Old.
106
A steady patriot of the world alone, The friend of every country but his own. Patriotism
107

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