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George Macartney Quotes

1707–1806 Ireland

George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, KB (14 May 1737 – 31 May 1806) was a British statesman, colonial administrator and diplomat.

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The Government, as it stands, is properly the tyranny of a handful of Tatars over more than three hundred millions of Chinese.

Our First Ambassador to China (1908)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: George Macartney (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.