t***h 发帖数: 5601 | 1 "Therefore I say that it is a narrow policy to suppose that this country or
that is to be marked out as the eternal ally or the perpetual enemy of
England. We have no eternal allies, and we have no perpetual enemies. Our
interests are eternal and perpetual, and those interests it is our duty to
follow."
Henry John Temple (a.k.a. Lord Palmerston), 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Speech
to the House of Commons (1 March 1848), Hansard's Parliamentary Debates. 3rd
series, vol. 97, col. 122 |
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