Quote#Friendship
With respect to the Reform Bill itself, I will repeat now the…
Quote byRobert Peel · 1788–1850
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Prime Minister, The Tamworth Manifesto (18 December 1834).
English (original)
With respect to the Reform Bill itself, I will repeat now the declaration I made when I entered the House of Commons as a member of the Reformed Parliament—that I consider the Reform Bill a final and irrevocable settlement of a great constitutional question—a settlement which no friend to the peace and welfare of this country would attempt to disturb, either by direct or by insidious means.
— Robert Peel
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