Quote#Wisdom
Our enemies have long duped the people of England—indeed, that was…
Quote byDaniel O'Connell · 1775–1847
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Speech (29 June 1813), quoted in The Select Speeches of Daniel O'Connell, M.P., Vol. I, ed. John O'Connell (1868), p. 218.
English (original)
Our enemies have long duped the people of England—indeed, that was not difficult; so dishonest and besotted a people as the English never lived. (Loud cheers.) Yes; they are dishonest and besotted! Individuals—many individuals, and classes amongst them, I respect and reverence; but as a nation, I must say, and I can prove it, that they are most profligate and quite lost in folly.
— Daniel O'Connell
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