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| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. |
| NUMBER: | 42 |
| AUTHOR: | Henry John Temple, 3d Viscount Palmerston (1784–1865) |
| QUOTATION: | We have no eternal allies, and we have no perpetual enemies. Our interests are eternal and perpetual, and those interests it is our duty to follow. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | LORD PALMERSTON, remarks in the House of Commons defending his foreign policy, March 1, 1848.—Hansard’s Parliamentary Debates, 3d series, vol. 97, col. 122. |
| SUBJECTS: | Allies |
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