Quote#Wisdom
There is one statesman of the present day, of whom I always say that…
Quote byArthur Helps · 1813–1875
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Second Series (1859), Vol. 2, Ch. 8: ‘On Government’.
English (original)
There is one statesman of the present day, of whom I always say that he would have escaped making the blunders that he has made if he had only ridden more in omnibuses.
— Arthur Helps
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