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I am a great lover of morality, public and private, but the…

Quote byCharles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey · 1764–1845

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Letter to Princess Lieven (18 August 1828), reprinted in Guy Le Strange (ed.), Correspondence of Princess Lieven and Earl Grey. Volume I: 1824 to 1830 (1890), p. 130.

English (original)

I am a great lover of morality, public and private, but the intercourse of nations cannot be strictly regulated by that rule.

— Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey

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