George Canning PC, FRS (11 April 1770 – 8 August 1827) was a British statesman and politician who served as Foreign Secretary and briefly Prime Minister.
Read more about George Canning: Early Life: 1770–1793, Entry Into Politics: 1793–1795, Foreign Office: 1796–1799, Office: 1799–1800, Paymaster of The Forces: 1800–1801, Backbenches: 1801–1804, Treasurer of The Navy: 1804–1806, Backbenches: 1806–1807, Foreign Secretary: 1807–1809, Backbenches: 1809–1814, Ambassador To Lisbon: 1814–1816, President of The Board of Control: 1816–1820, Backbenches: 1821–1822, Foreign Secretary and Leader of The House: 1822–1827, Prime Minister: 1827, Legacy, Family, George Canning's Government, April 1827 - August 1827
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“Compare society to a boat. Her progress through the water will not depend upon the exertion of her crew, but upon the exertion devoted to propelling her. This will be lessened by any expenditure of force in fighting among themselves, or in pulling in different directions.”
—Henry George (1839–1897)
“Away with the cant of “Measures, not men!”Mthe idle supposition that it is the harness and not the horses that draw the chariot along. No, Sir, if the comparison must be made, if the distinction must be taken, men are everything, measures comparatively nothing.”
—George Canning (1770–1827)