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Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Robert Peel, born on February 5, 1788, and died on July 2, 1850, was a former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He was a prominent figure in 19th-century British politics and is known for his reformist spirit and political acumen.

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Famous Robert Peel Quotes

“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.”

Way I Can Real Country Interest Deals Class Objects Benefits Spring Advantage Presses Burden Secure Consumers Injury Canada Commerce Manufacturing Surplus

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“In every village there will arise a miscreant to establish the most grinding tyranny by calling himself the people.”

People Democracy Calling Tyranny Arise Village

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“I never knew a man escape failures, in either mind or body, who worked seven days in a week.”

Men Mind Body Work Week Seven Seven Days

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“Of all the vulgar arts of government, that of solving every difficulty that might arise by thrusting the hand into the public purse is the most illusory and contemptible.”

Art Hands Government Might Difficulty Arise Vulgar Purses Illusory

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“The distinction of being without an honour is becoming a rare and valuable one and should not become extinct.”

Should Becoming Valuable Distinction Honour

Book:Sir Robert Peel: From His Private Papers

Source: Sir Robert Peel: From His Private Papers

“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.”

Has Beens Party Acting Principles Regret Deference Great Party

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“Much is said about English severity, but not a word about Irish provocation.”

Said Ireland Severity Provocation Northern Ireland

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“The real truth is, the number of convicts is too overwhelming for the means of proper and effectual punishment. I despair of any remedy but that which I wish I could hope for - a great reduction in the amount of crime.”

Mean Real Wish Numbers Crime Amount Truth Is Despair Punishment Overwhelming Remedy Reduction Convicts Real Truth

Book:Sir Robert Peel: From His Private Papers

Source: Sir Robert Peel: From His Private Papers

“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.”

People Government Belief Weakness France Offence

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“The police are the public and the public are the police; the police being only members of the public who are paid to give full time attention to duties which are incumbent on every citizen in the interests of community welfare and existence.”

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“There seem to me to be very few facts, at least ascertainable facts, in politics.”

Facts Seems Political Politics Politician

Book:Sir Robert Peel: From His Private Papers

Source: Sir Robert Peel: From His Private Papers

“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?”

Economics Empty Budgets Fishing Chests Pool Deficiency

Book:The Opinions of Sir Robert Peel, Expressed in Parliament and in Public

Source: The Opinions of Sir Robert Peel, Expressed in Parliament and in Public

“The police are the public and the public are the police.”

Police Policemen Thought Police

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“Agitation is the marshalling of the conscience of a nation to mold its laws.”

Law Nations Conscience Mold Agitation Agitate

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“No minister ever stood, or could stand, against public opinion.”

Opinion Ministers Public Opinion

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“Public opinion is a compound of folly, weakness, prejudice, wrong feeling, right feeling, obstinacy, and newspaper paragraphs.”

Feelings Opinion Weakness Prejudice Newspapers Folly Public Opinion Compounds Paragraph Obstinate Obstinacy

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“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!”

Government Opinion Violence Bills Ancient Destroyed Reform Flood Uncertain Public Opinion Rapids Reformation

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“I have read all that has been written by the gravest authorities on political economy on the subject of rent, wages, taxes, tithes.”

Has Beens Political Economy Written Subjects Taxes Authority Wages Tithe Political Economy

Book:The speeches of the late Right Honourable Sir Robert Peel, bart: delivered in the House of Commons

Source: The speeches of the late Right Honourable Sir Robert Peel, bart: delivered in the House of Commons

“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.”

Men Natural Courage Waste Prudence Reproach Indignation Retrospective

Author:Robert Peel

About the Author

Born: February 5, 1788
Died: July 2, 1850
Known for: Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Quotes: 19

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Sir Robert Peel: From His Private PapersRelated source material

The Opinions of Sir Robert Peel, Expressed in Parliament and in PublicRelated source material

The speeches of the late Right Honourable Sir Robert Peel, bart: delivered in the House of CommonsRelated source material

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