List of Robert Peel Quotes

My Belief Is, From All That I Have Seen Of The French People And Their Government, That They Are Much More Likely To Presume Upon Our Weakness Than To Take Offence At Our Strength.

The Reform Bill Has Destroyed The Ancient Conduits And Strainers, And Brings Public Opinion To Act Upon The Government With The Rapid, Turbulent, And Uncertain Violence Of A Flood!

However Much I Have Been Blamed For Not Showing More Deferences To A Great Party, And For Not Acting More Steadily On Party Principles, All I Have To Regret Is That I Showed So Much.

I Have Read All That Has Been Written By The Gravest Authorities On Political Economy On The Subject Of Rent, Wages, Taxes, Tithes.

But After This Natural Burst Of Indignation, No Man Of Sense, Courage, Or Prudence Will Waste His Time Or His Strength In Retrospective Reproaches Or Repinings.

Can There Be A More Lamentable Picture Than That Of A Chancellor Of The Exchequer Seated On An Empty Chest By A Pool Of Bottomless Deficiency Fishing For A Budget?

My Object, Having A Surplus To Deal With, Is To Consider How I Can Deal With It To The Greatest Advantage To The Consumer - How, Without Inflicting Any Injury On Canada, I Can Secure The Most Substantial Benefit To This Country, To The Manufacturing, To The Commercial, And To The Agricultural Interests. The Real Way In Which We Can Benefit The Working And Manufacturing Classes Is, Unquestionably, By Removing The Burden That Presses On The Springs Of Manufactures And Commerce.

Much Is Said About English Severity, But Not A Word About Irish Provocation.

The Distinction Of Being Without An Honour Is Becoming A Rare And Valuable One And Should Not Become Extinct.

Agitation Is The Marshalling Of The Conscience Of A Nation To Mold Its Laws.

There Seem To Me To Be Very Few Facts, At Least Ascertainable Facts, In Politics.

I Never Knew A Man Escape Failures, In Either Mind Or Body, Who Worked Seven Days In A Week.