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George Canning: Time and chance can do nothing for those who will do nothing for themselves…

Time and chance can do nothing for those who will do nothing for themselves. Providence itself can scarcely save a people who are not prepared to make a struggle for their safety.

In today’s wordsTime and chance can do nothing for those who won't do anything for themselves. Providence itself can hardly save a people who aren't ready to fight for their own safety.

George CanningCommonly attributed
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From the book Quoted in Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources, compiled by James Wood, 1893

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