Englishmen are moderate, careful to avoid unnecessary offence, slow to come to a dangerous and violent conclusion, and tenacious and resolute when the conclusion has once been arrived at. (Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury)

Englishmen are moderate, careful to avoid unnecessary offence, slow to come to a dangerous and violent conclusion, and tenacious and resolute when the conclusion has once been arrived at.

Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

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