Quotes by George Canning

Here's to the pilot that weathered the storm.

— George Canning

Wisdom

I can prove anything by statistics except the truth.

— George Canning

Truth

Indecision and delays are the parents of failure.

— George Canning

Wisdom

But of all plagues, good Heaven, thy wrath can send, Save me, oh, save me, from the candid friend!

— George Canning

Friendship

A steady patriot of the world alone, The friend of every country but his own.

— George Canning

Friendship

I called the New World into existence, to redress the balance of the Old.

— George Canning

Life

In matters of commerce the fault of the Dutch Is offering too little and asking too much. The French are with equal advantage content, So we clap on Dutch bottoms just twenty per cent.

— George Canning

Wisdom

Give me the avowed, erect and manly foe; Firm I can meet, perhaps return the blow; But of all plagues, good Heaven, thy wrath can send, Save me, oh, save me, from the candid friend.

— George Canning

Friendship