Lord Melbourne Quotes
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My esoteric doctrine, is that if you entertain any doubt, it is safest to take the unpopular side in the first instance. Transit from the unpopular, is easy... but from the popular to the unpopular is so steep and rugged that it is impossible to maintain it.
Lord Melbourne
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Author Details:
Type:
Statesman Quotes
Category:
British Statesman Quotes
Year of Birth:
1779
Year of Death:
1848
Nationality:
British
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Benjamin Disraeli
Lord Chesterfield
John Lubbock
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Henry John Temple
Philip Stanhope
Edward F. Halifax
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Any,
Doctrine,
Doubt,
Easy,
Entertain,
Esoteric,
First,
Impossible,
Instance,
Maintain,
Popular,
Rugged,
Side,
Steep,
Take,
Transit
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