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[O]ne thing is certain, that the Budget of next year will stand at…
Quote byH. H. Asquith · 1852–1928
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Prime Minister, Speech to the National Liberal Club (11 December 1908), quoted in The Times (12 December 1908), p. 10.
English (original)
[O]ne thing is certain, that the Budget of next year will stand at the very centre of our work, by which, I was going to say, we shall stand or fall, by which certainly we shall be judged in the estimation both of the present and of posterity.
— H. H. Asquith
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