George Canning

George Canning (11 April 1770 – 8 August 1827 / London, England)

''Intimately concerned as we are with the system of Europe, it does not follow that we are therefore called upon to mix ourselves on every occasion, with a restless and meddling activity, in the concerns of the nations which surround us.''
George Canning (1770-1827), British statesman, prime minister. Speech, October 28, 1823.

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