The whole duty of government is to prevent crime and to preserve contracts.
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You should never assume contempt for that which it is not very manifest that you have it in your power to possess, nor does a wit ever make a more contemptible figure than when, in attempting satire, he shows that he does not understand that which he would make the subject of his ridicule.
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Lord Melbourne (15)
Birth: | 15th March, 1779 |
Death: | 24th November, 1848 |
Nationality: | Irish |
Profession: | Politician |
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