I am sure that the immediate abolition of the slave trade is the first, the principal, the most indispensable act of policy, of dutyand of justice the legislature of this country has to take, if it is indeed their wish to secure those important objects† For we continue to this hour a barbarous traffic in slaves, we continue it even yet, in spite of all our great and undeniable pretensions as civilisation.

-Pitt,William known as  theYounger
  Speech to the House of Commons, 2 Apr.The House did not abolish slavery until1806.

After three general election victories, leading the only party with clear policies, resolutely carried out, I intend to continue.

-Thatcher, Margaret HildaThatcher, Baroness
  On Michael Heseltine's challenge for the leadership of the Conservative Party, in the SundayTimes,18 Nov.