On general grounds I object to Parliament trying to regulate private morality in matters which only affects the person who commits the offence. - Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

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On general grounds I object to Parliament trying to regulate private morality in matters which only affects the person who commits the offence.

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About Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (3 February 1830 – 22 August 1903), styled Lord Robert Cecil before the death of his elder brother in 1865, and Viscount Cranborne from June 1865 until his father died in April 1868, was a three-time Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, during 1885–1886, 1886–1892 and 1895–1902.

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Native Name: Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3. Marquess of Salisbury
Alternative Names: Robert Gascoyne-Cecil • Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil • Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury • Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoigne Cecil, Marquis of Salisbury
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Speaking generally, I am desirous to push forward the argument from the interests of the people more than has hitherto been done. As I have said, I consider it to be our true rule and measure of action, and our observance of it is the one justification for our presence in India.
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