A steady patriot of the world alone, The friend of every country but his own.
– George Canning
And finds, with keen discriminating sight, Black's not so black; - nor white so very white.
– George Canning
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.
– George Canning
Here's to the pilot that weathered the storm.
– George Canning
I called the New World into existence, to redress the balance of the Old.
– George Canning
I can prove anything by statistics except the truth.
– George Canning
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.