Quote#Wisdom
[E]ight millions were advanced to enable the Irish to supply the loss…
Quote byJohn Russell, 1st Earl Russell · 1792–1878
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Letter to the Earl of Clarendon, 23 September 1848.
English (original)
[E]ight millions were advanced to enable the Irish to supply the loss of the potato crop and to cast about for some less precarious food.... The result has been that they have placed more dependence on the potato than ever, and have again been deceived. How can such a people be assisted? No one in their senses would think of repeating the outlay to lead to a similar improvidence.
— John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
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