George Canning/foreign Office - 1796%e2%80%931799

Famous quotes containing the words canning, foreign and/or office:

    A steady patriot of the world alone,
    The friend of every country but his own.
    —George Canning (1770–1827)

    For my name and memory I leave it to men’s charitable speeches, and to foreign nations, and the next ages.
    Francis Bacon (1561–1626)

    The human face is the organic seat of beauty.... It is the register of value in development, a record of Experience, whose legitimate office is to perfect the life, a legible language to those who will study it, of the majestic mistress, the soul.
    Eliza Farnham (1815–1864)