Quote#Wisdom
It is always possible that that may happen here which has happened in…
Quote byArchibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery · 1847–1929
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Letter to Canon Scott Holland (21 August 1895), quoted in D. A. Hamer, Liberal Politics in the Age of Gladstone and Rosebery: A Study in Leadership and Policy (1972), p. 223.
English (original)
It is always possible that that may happen here which has happened in Belgium—the elimination of Liberalism, leaving the two forces of Socialism and Reaction face to face. Whether that shall happen here depends on the Liberal Party.
— Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery
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