“That is an apology, not an explanation; and apologies only account for that which they do not alter.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Source: Speech http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1871/jul/28/parliament-order-of-business in the House of Commons (28 July 1871).

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