Quote#Courage
We are hated throughout Europe and that hate must be cured by fear
Quote byGeorge Canning · 1770–1827
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Letter to George Leveson-Gower (2 October 1807), quoted in Boyd Hilton, A Mad, Bad, and Dangerous People? England. 1783–1846 (2006), p. 211.
English (original)
We are hated throughout Europe and that hate must be cured by fear.
— George Canning
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