William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne Quote

If we really are in that situation that we must do something, it is only another proof of the fatal necessity by which a nation that once begins to colonize is led step by step over the whole globe.

Of intervention in New Zealand

to Lord Howick, 16 December 1837


If we really are in that situation that we must do something, it is only another proof of the fatal necessity by which a nation that once begins to...

If we really are in that situation that we must do something, it is only another proof of the fatal necessity by which a nation that once begins to...

If we really are in that situation that we must do something, it is only another proof of the fatal necessity by which a nation that once begins to...

If we really are in that situation that we must do something, it is only another proof of the fatal necessity by which a nation that once begins to...