https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Wed, 12 Aug 2026 21:28:59 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/little-w-little-box-60x60.jpg https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 https://wist.info/peel-robert/38505/ https://wist.info/peel-robert/38505/#respond Mon, 02 Apr 2018 15:39:39 +0000 Dave http://wist.info/?p=38505 Agitation is the marshalling of the conscience of a nation to mold its laws.

Robert Peel (1788-1850) British statesman, Prime Minister (1834-35, 1841-46)
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Sometimes quoted as "conscience of a people." Widely quoted without source in the late 19th Century (earliest ref. 1881). ]]> https://wist.info/peel-robert/38505/feed/ 0 38505