28 Quotes by George Canning

I can prove anything by statistics except the truth.

Indecision and delays are the parents of failure.

But of all plagues, good Heaven, thy wrath can send, Save me, oh, save me, from the candid friend!

In matters of commerce the fault of the Dutch Is offering too little and asking too much. The French are with equal advantage content, So we clap on Dutch bottoms just twenty per cent.

Here's to the pilot that weathered the storm.

I called the New World into existence, to redress the balance of the Old.

A steady patriot of the world alone, The friend of every country but his own.

Give me the avowed, the erect, the manly foe, bold I can meet, perhaps may turn his blow! But of all plagues, good Heavens, thy wrath can send, save, save, oh save me from the candid friend!

Give me the avowed, erect and manly foe; Firm I can meet, perhaps return the blow; But of all plagues, good Heaven, thy wrath can send, Save me, oh, save me, from the candid friend