Quote#Politics & Power
Mr. Grey was much obliged to his hon. friend for submitting the…
Quote byCharles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey · 1764–1845
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Remarks in the House of Commons on the debate on Mr. Curwen's Motion to Repeal the Game Laws (4 March 1796), reported in The Parliamentary History of England, from the Earliest Period to the Year 1803. Vol. XXXI (1818), p. 845.
English (original)
Mr. Grey was much obliged to his hon. friend for submitting the motion to the House. The length of time during which the nation had groaned under such vexatious and tyrannical institutions, was with him a reason why they should exist no longer, and he wished Mr. Curwen to move for a committee to inquire into the state of the game laws.
— Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey
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