Quote#Politics & Power
What a fool I was. I was only a puppet, and so was Ulster, and so was…
Quote byEdward Carson, Baron Carson · 1854–1935
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Speech in the House of Lords (14 December 1921).
English (original)
What a fool I was. I was only a puppet, and so was Ulster, and so was Ireland, in the political game that was to get the Conservative Party into power.
— Edward Carson, Baron Carson
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