Quote#Politics & Power
It is not for the candidates, but for the temper shown by the…
Quote byJohn Morley · 1838–1923
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: 'Old Parties and New Policy', The Fortnightly Review, No. XXI (1 September 1868), p. 330.
English (original)
It is not for the candidates, but for the temper shown by the constituencies, that one may grieve, if there be matter for grief in the unmistakable proof which the elections are furnishing, that people do not recognise the necessity of giving supreme political power to supreme political intelligence.
— John Morley
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