I am satisfied that the interest of England is the Polar star—the guiding principle of the conduct of the Government; and I defy any man to show, by any act of mine, that any other principle has directed my conduct, or that I have had any other object in view than the interests of the country to which I belong.
У нас нет вечных союзников и у нас нет постоянных врагов; вечны и постоянны наши интересы. Наш долг — защищать эти интересы.
It may be depended on that there is no better security for peace between nations than the conviction that each must respect the other, that each is capable of defending itself, and that no insult or injury committed by the one against the other would pass unresented.
У Англии нет ни постоянных союзников, ни постоянных врагов. У Англии есть только постоянные интересы.
Lord Palmerston: Then you did not vote for me, friend Rowcliffe; you preferred voting for a Tory.
William Rowcliffe: I did not vote for you, my Lord, for if I had, I should have voted for a Tory.
I am firmly persuaded that among nations, weakness will never be a foundation for security.