Io dico, Arcivescovo, che tutto questo riformare porta ad una dannata quantità di guai, eh? eh? Vorrei che avessero lasciato le cose così...io dico, Arcivescovo, che cosa pensate che io avrei fatto in merito a questi affari di schiavismo, se fosse stata la mia strada? Io non avrei fatto proprio nulla! Io avrei lasciato le cose come stanno. Si tratta solo di un mucchio di sciocchezze! Sempre ci sono stati schiavi nei paesi più civili; i Greci ed i Romani avevano schiavi; comunque, hanno voluto il loro capriccio, e così noi abbiamo abolito lo schiavismo; ma è stata una grossa sciocchezza.
- "William Lamb, II visconte Melbourne"
I say, Archbishop, all this reforming gives a deuced deal of trouble, eh? eh? I wish they'd let it all alone...I say, Archbishop, what do you think I'd have done about this slavery business, if I'd had my own way? I'd have done nothing at all! I'd have left it all alone. It's all a pack of nonsense! Always have been slaves in all the most civilised countries; the Greeks and Romans had slaves; however, they would have their fancy, and so we've abolished slavery; but it's a great folly.
- "William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne"
I say, Archbishop, all this reforming gives a deuced deal of trouble, eh? eh? I wish they'd let it all alone...I say, Archbishop, what do you think I'd have done about this slavery business, if I'd had my own way? I'd have done nothing at all! I'd have left it all alone. It's all a pack of nonsense! Always have been slaves in all the most civilised countries; the Greeks and Romans had slaves; however, they would have their fancy, and so we've abolished slavery; but it's a great folly.
- "William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne"
I say, Archbishop, all this reforming gives a deuced deal of trouble, eh? eh? I wish they'd let it all alone...I say, Archbishop, what do you think I'd have done about this slavery business, if I'd had my own way? I'd have done nothing at all! I'd have left it all alone. It's all a pack of nonsense! Always have been slaves in all the most civilised countries; the Greeks and Romans had slaves; however, they would have their fancy, and so we've abolished slavery; but it's a great folly.
- "William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne"
I say, Archbishop, all this reforming gives a deuced deal of trouble, eh? eh? I wish they'd let it all alone...I say, Archbishop, what do you think I'd have done about this slavery business, if I'd had my own way? I'd have done nothing at all! I'd have left it all alone. It's all a pack of nonsense! Always have been slaves in all the most civilised countries; the Greeks and Romans had slaves; however, they would have their fancy, and so we've abolished slavery; but it's a great folly.
- "William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne"
I say, Archbishop, all this reforming gives a deuced deal of trouble, eh? eh? I wish they'd let it all alone...I say, Archbishop, what do you think I'd have done about this slavery business, if I'd had my own way? I'd have done nothing at all! I'd have left it all alone. It's all a pack of nonsense! Always have been slaves in all the most civilised countries; the Greeks and Romans had slaves; however, they would have their fancy, and so we've abolished slavery; but it's a great folly.
- "William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne"