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Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
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NUMBER:
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42 |
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AUTHOR:
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Henry John Temple, 3d Viscount Palmerston (1784–1865) |
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QUOTATION:
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We have no eternal allies, and we have no perpetual enemies. Our interests are eternal and perpetual, and those interests it is our duty to follow. |
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ATTRIBUTION:
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LORD PALMERSTON, remarks in the House of Commons defending his foreign policy, March 1, 1848.—Hansard’s Parliamentary Debates, 3d series, vol. 97, col. 122. |
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SUBJECTS:
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Allies |
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