William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne Quotes

The whole duty of government is to prevent crime and to preserve contracts.

William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: politician
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: March 15, 1779 - November 24, 1848

Topics

GovernmentCrimeDutyContracts

Hard work enables us to improve ourselves and the world around us, to combat injustice, reduce suffering, and increase human freedom.

Joe Lonsdale

WorkHard WorkFreedomSufferingUs

Because homecoming came first, and there was the homecoming court. The five guys on homecoming court were disqualified from being in the prom court. So being prom king was being sixth most popular.

Andy Richter

KingFirstBeingPromBecauseFive

Perhaps I have written fiction because everything unambiguously expressed seems somehow crass to me; and when the subject is myself, I want to jeer and weep.

John Updike

MyselfMeWantEverythingFiction

'The War' is a stunning achievement in filmmaking.

Sonny Mehta

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I love being part of the Chinese scene as a businessman. That doesn't mean that there aren't short-term discomforts and adjustments.

Steve Wynn

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I'm identified as a New York actor, I sound like I'm from New York, and I couldn't be more proud of it.

Michael Rapaport

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Michelle Obama is a major asset for the president.

Monica Crowley

PresidentAssetMajorMichelle Obama

The situation in Iraq is dangerous but the regional situation is also very complicated and precarious.

Joschka Fischer

SituationDangerousComplicatedVery

Does the draft really matter? At the end of the day, at the end of your career, at the end of time, does it really matter?

Jon Gruden

TimeDayEnd Of The DayEndCareer

The great artist is a slave to his ideals.

Christian Nestell Bovee

GreatArtistSlaveIdealsHis

Censoriously asserting one's moral superiority and treating skeptics as imbeciles and deplorables wins few converts.

Bret Stephens

MoralSuperiorityFewWinsTreating

You are not an active creator of the film.

Sydney Pollack

YouActiveCreatorFilm

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