Quote#Wisdom
The most unrighteous judgment was passed upon me in the House that…
Quote byRobert Walpole · 1676–1745
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Letter (c. January 1712). On 17 January 1712 the case against Walpole for bribery was heard in the House of Commons and he was voted by a majority of more than 50 to have been guilty of "a high breach of trust and notorious corruption". By further votes he was committed to the Tower of London and ex.
English (original)
The most unrighteous judgment was passed upon me in the House that was ever heard of...against the most positive evidence that it was possible in any case to give. ... I am made a sacrifice to the violence of a party and entirely innocent.
— Robert Walpole
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