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"In matters of commerce the fault of the Dutch Is offering too little and asking too much. The French are with equal advantage content, So we clap on Dutch bottoms just twenty per cent."

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About George Canning

George Canning was a British Tory statesman who served as Foreign Secretary and later Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 1827. He played a key role in British foreign policy during the Napoleonic and post-Napoleonic periods. His final term as prime minister lasted until his death in office.

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