Quote#War
The Aristocracy in this country are almost, and really are altogether…
Quote byJohn Bright · 1811–1889
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Letter to S. Fox (24 October 1865), quoted in John Vincent, The Formation of the British Liberal Party, 1857–1868 [1966] (1972), p. 203.
English (original)
The Aristocracy in this country are almost, and really are altogether on one side – because they have special privileges to sustain, to surrender which would make them no longer an aristocracy. Our government was purely an aristocratic one from 1690 to 1830. Nearly the whole period was one of war, and war wholly needless.
— John Bright
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