Quote#Politics & Power
Peace is what I want, both for the sake of my king, my country, and…
Quote byHenry Pelham · 1694–1754
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Letter to the Duke of Newcastle (8-19 April 1748), quoted in William Coxe, Memoirs of the Administration of The Right Honourable Henry Pelham, Collected from the Family Papers, and Other Authentic Documents, Vol. I (1829), p. 415.
English (original)
Peace is what I want, both for the sake of my king, my country, and myself. Peace will be had. I heartily wish it may be no worse, than what is represented in your paper. If so, I am sure it is to be defended; but if not so, it must be defended, and shall be, by me at least, if I have the honour to serve the king, at the time of trial.
— Henry Pelham
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