George Canning Quotes
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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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Author Details:
Type:
Statesman Quotes
Category:
English Statesman Quotes
Date of Birth:
April 11, 1770
Date of Death:
August 8, 1827
Nationality:
English
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Winston Churchill
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David Lloyd George
Harold Wilson
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