Quotes by Robert Walpole

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Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1721 to 1742

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Popular Quotes

“All history is a lie!”

“Every man has his price.”

“All those men have their price.”

“Oh, do not read history, for that I know must be false.”

“Gentlemen have talked a great deal of patriotism. A venerable word, when duly practiced.”

“It is but refusing to gratify an unreasonable or an insolent demand, and up starts a patriot.”

Common Themes

“Oh, do not read history, for that I know must be false.”

— Robert Walpole

Know False Must

“The very idea of true patriotism is lost, and the term has been prostituted to the very worst of purposes. A patriot, sir! Why, patriots spring up like mushrooms!”

— Robert Walpole

Lost Spring Why

“It is but refusing to gratify an unreasonable or an insolent demand, and up starts a patriot.”

— Robert Walpole

Patriot Up Demand

“Gentlemen have talked a great deal of patriotism. A venerable word, when duly practiced.”

— Robert Walpole

Great Word Great Deal

“All those men have their price.”

— Robert Walpole

Price Those

“Every man has his price.”

— Sir Robert Walpole

bribery

“All history is a lie!”

— Sir Robert Walpole

history

“I can not, therefore, see how this can be imputed as a crime, or how any of the king's ministers can be blamed for his doing what the public has no concern in; for if the public be well and faithfu...”

— Robert Walpole

King Doing See

“It has from the beginning been carried on with as much vigor and as great care of our trade as was consistent with our safety at home and with the circumstances we were in at the beginning of the war.”

— Robert Walpole

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