All along the untrodden paths of the future, I can see the footprints of an unseen hand.
Boyle Roche (1743-1807) Irish politician
Speech in the Irish Parliament
Quotations by:
Roche, Boyle
Why we should put ourselves out of our way to do anything for posterity, for what has posterity ever done for us?
Boyle Roche (1743-1807) Irish politician
Speech, Irish Parliament
In Commons debate over a grant that would add to future debt. Quoted in Jonah Barrington, Personal Sketches of His Own Times, ch. 17 (1869)