Quote#Politics & Power
I am desirous that the case should be brought under the consideration…
Quote byHenry Bickersteth, 1st Baron Langdale · 1783–1851
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Quote, Tullett v. Armstrong (1838), 1 Beav. 31..
English (original)
I am desirous that the case should be brought under the consideration of a higher tribunal, without any unnecessary delay, and to afford every facility in my power for the correction of any error into which I may have fallen.
— Henry Bickersteth, 1st Baron Langdale
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