Henry Peter Brougham Quotes


It is necessary that I should qualify the doctrine of its being not men, but measures, that I am determined to support. In a monarchy it is the duty of parliament to look at the men as well as at the measures.


Citations

Brougham, Henry. Speech in the House of Commons. 2 Nov. 1830. Hansard's Parliamentary Debates, 3rd ser., vol. 1, T.C. Hansard, 1831, col. 166.

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Henry Peter Brougham
Henry Peter Brougham
  • Born: September 19, 1778
  • Died: May 7, 1868
  • Nationality: British
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Henry Peter Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, PC, QC, FRS was a British statesman who became Lord High Chancellor and played a prominent role in passing the 1832 Reform Act and 1833 Slavery Abolition Act.