“May you remember, that the liberty which was acquired for you by your ancestors will be required of you by your descendants: then will you agree to a temperate and timely reform, reconcile the different classes of society, and prevent a convulsion which may involve all in one common ruin.”

1820s
Source: Speech to the House of Commons on Parliamentary reform, 25 April 1822

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leading Whig and Liberal politician who served as Prime Min… 1792–1878

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