Quote#Politics & Power
The ministry continued and consequently the war, alliances, and home…
Quote byGeorge III of Great Britain · 1738–1820
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Apologia for his political conduct (c. 1766), quoted in John Brooke, King George III (1972; 1974), p. 159.
English (original)
The ministry continued and consequently the war, alliances, and home affairs bore the same face; the only difference of conduct I adopted was to put an end to those unhappy distinctions of party called Whigs and Tories, by declaring that I would countenance every man that supported my Administration and concurred in that form of government which had been so wisely established by the Revolution.
— George III of Great Britain
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