Quote#War
Yet while I think retrenchment absolutely necessary, I am not very…
Quote byHenry Grattan · 1746–1820
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Speech in the Irish House of Commons (28 October 1783), quoted in The Parliamentary Register: Or, History of the Proceedings and Debates of the House of Commons of Ireland, The First Session of the Fourth Parliament in the Reign of his present Majesty; Which met the 14th of October, 1783, and ended .
English (original)
Yet while I think retrenchment absolutely necessary, I am not very sure that this is just the time to make it in the army,—now when England has acted justly, I will not say generously,—now when she has lost her empire—when she still feels the wounds of the last unhappy war, and comforts herself only with the faithful friendship of Ireland.
— Henry Grattan
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