Quote#Wisdom
Who the devil will coalesce with people that don't coalesce with…
Quote byJohn Russell, 1st Earl Russell · 1792–1878
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Reply to a suggestion by Thomas Moore that George Canning might join with the Whigs to pass Catholic emancipation, quoted in Paul Scherer, Lord John Russell: A Biography (1999), p. 24.
English (original)
Who the devil will coalesce with people that don't coalesce with themselves.
— John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
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