Quote#Wisdom
Like most Radicals, he [Richard Cobden] lived in a fool's paradise…
Quote byCharles Whibley · 1859–1930
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Political Portraits (1917), 'The Corn Laws: A Group', p. 281.
English (original)
Like most Radicals, he [Richard Cobden] lived in a fool's paradise where facts are of no account, and where, if principles prove fallacious, it is not the fault of the optimist who frames them, but of some vile conspirator against the common good.
— Charles Whibley
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