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The Irish had owed their success to crime. Winston practically…

Quote byArthur Balfour · 1848–1930

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Lord President of the Council, Remarks after the publication of Winston Churchill's book The Aftermath (1929), quoted in Blanche E. C. Dugdale, Arthur James Balfour, First Earl of Balfour, K.G., O.M., F.R.S., Etc. 1906–1930 (London: Hutchinson & Co. Ltd, 1936), p. 248.

English (original)

The Irish had owed their success to crime. Winston practically admitted it. They had defied British rule,—and British rulers had given in to them. How could such a state of things be said to fit in with the scheme of the Empire?

— Arthur Balfour

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