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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

6350 Benjamin

 
NUMBER:6350
AUTHOR:Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield Disraeli (1804–1881)
QUOTATION:  A precedent embalms a principle.
ATTRIBUTION:Speech on the Expenditures of the Country, Feb. 22, 1848.