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If it was not absolutely necessary, it was the foolishest thing ever done. - William Lamb Melbourne, 2nd Viscount
Attribution: William Lamb Melbourne, 2nd Viscount (1779–1848), British statesman, prime minister. Quoted in David Cecil, Lord M, ch. 4 (1954). Comment on the Reform Bill of 1832.

Categories: Prime Minister, Reform, Statesman

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