Certitude is not the test of certainty. We have been cocksure of many things that were not so. – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
The landlords are not agriculturists; that is an abuse of terms which has been too long tolerated. – Richard Cobden
The space shuttle has been a fantastic vehicle. It is unlike any other thing that we’ve ever built. Its capabilities have carried several hundred people into space. – Robert Crippen
The public treasure has been duly applied to the uses to which it was appropriated by Parliament, and regular accounts have been annually laid before Parliament, of every article of expense. – Robert Walpole
No expense has been incurred but what has been approved of and provided for by Parliament. – Robert Walpole