Quote#Politics & Power
There is no nation on the Continent of Europe that is less able to do…
Quote byJohn Bright · 1811–1889
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Public Addresses (1879), p. 459.
English (original)
There is no nation on the Continent of Europe that is less able to do harm to England, and there is no nation on the Continent of Europe to whom we are less able to do harm than we are to Russia. We are so separated that it seems impossible that the two nations, by the use of reason or common sense at all, could possibly be brought into conflict with each other.
— John Bright
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