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George Canning Quotes
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.
George Canning

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Statesman Quotes
Category:
English Statesman Quotes
Date of Birth:
April 11, 1770
Date of Death:
August 8, 1827
Nationality:
English
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