Quote#Love
Though I have subjects who will suffer immensely [i.e. in Hanover]…
Quote byGeorge III of Great Britain · 1738–1820
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Letter to the Earl of Bute (6 January 1762), quoted in John Brooke, King George III (1972; 1974), pp. 162-163.
English (original)
Though I have subjects who will suffer immensely [i.e. in Hanover] whenever this Kingdom withdraws its protection from thence, yet so superior is my love to this my native country over any private interest of my own that I cannot think help wishing that an end was put to that enormous expence by ordering our troops home.
— George III of Great Britain
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