George Canning: Give me the...

Menu: Browse Below

Blog

FRANK's Components of Creativity

GOVERNMENT > statesman > George Canning

George Canning: Give me the...

Vendor: GOVERNMENT

Click Here for more quotes from this famous person

Give me the avowed, the erect, the manly foe,
Bold I can meet --perhaps may turn his blow;
But of all plagues, good Heaven, thy wrath can send,
Save, save, oh save me from the Candid Friend.

Source: New Morality.
-- George Canning, (Apr 11 1770-1827), English statesman; Clemency Canning was known for his liberal policies as foreign secretary (1807-09, 1822-27) and as prime minister for four months during 1827.

Quotable Success
Harrisonburg, VA