George Canning Quotes

United Kingdom, Statesman
April 11, 1770 – August, 8, 1827.

George Canning FRS (11 April 1770 – 8 August 1827) was a British statesman and Tory politician who served in various senior cabinet positions under numerous Prime Ministers, before himself serving as Prime Minister for the final four months of his life.

Also known as Politician

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

George Canning
- World
- Balance
We are hated throughout Europe and that hate must be cured by fear.

George Canning
- Fear
- Hate

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

George Canning
- Good
- Friend
- Heaven
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.

George Canning
Indecision and delays are the parents of failure.

George Canning
- Parents
- Failure
Story! God bless you! I have none to tell, sir.

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

George Canning
- World
- Country
- Alone
And finds, with keen, discriminating sight,Black ’s not so black,-nor white so very white.

George Canning
- Black

I can prove anything by statistics except the truth.

George Canning
- Truth
I give thee sixpence! I will see thee damned first.

George Canning
Here's to the pilot that weathered the storm.

George Canning
- Storm
So down thy hill, romantic Ashbourn, glidesThe Derby dilly, carrying three INSIDES.

George Canning
- Romantic