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All those men have their price.
— Robert Walpole
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Robert Walpole
politician, art collector
1676 – 1745
Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, known between 1725 and 1742 as Sir Robert Walpole, was a British Whig statesman who is generally regarded as the de facto first Prime Minister of Great Britain, serving from 1721 to 1742. His formal titles included First Lord of the Treasury, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Leader of the House of Commons.
All Quotes by Robert Walpole
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The gratitude of place-expectants is a lively sense of future favours.
— Robert Walpole
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Oh, do not read history, for that I know must be false.
— Robert Walpole