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[A proverb is] one man's wit, and all men's wisdom.

— John Russell, 1st Earl Russell

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[A proverb is] the wisdom of many and the wit of one.

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If peace cannot be maintained with honour, it is no longer peace.

They are obliged to enforce, by arms, obedience to acts of this House—which, according to every just theory, are supposed to emanate from the people themselves.

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