George Canning Quotes

Indecision and delays are the parents of failure.

– 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.

– George Canning

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

– George Canning

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

– George Canning

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 can prove anything by statistics except the truth.

– George Canning

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