It would surely be better … to give up not only a part, but… - Boyle Roche

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It would surely be better … to give up not only a part, but, if necessary, even the whole, of our constitution, to preserve the remainder!

Boyle Roche

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Sir Boyle Roche, 1st Baronet (October 1736 – 5 June 1807) was an Irish politician, famed for his highly ornamented and often inaccurate speech, which often included amusing mixed metaphors and malapropisms.

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Alternative Names: Sir Boyle Roche, Bt.

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Why we should put ourselves out of our way to do anything for posterity, for what has posterity ever done for us?

...it is impossible I could have been in two places at once, unless I were a bird.

[...they] would cut us to mincemeat, and throw our bleeding heads on that table to stare us in the face.

It would surely be better … to give up not only a part, but, if necessary, even the whole, of our constitution, to preserve the remainder! - Boyle Roche

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