"Oh! Sir—people upon their knees get on very slowly."
— Edmund Burke

January 1, 1970

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Burke's response when someone commented on how long it took the British peace envoy Lord Malmesbury to reach Paris (c. 22 November 1796), quoted in F. P. Lock, Edmund Burke, Volume II: 1784–1797 (2006), p. 563, n. 63