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Liberalism would progress just as far as the great money bags of…
Quote byGeorge Lansbury · 1859–1940
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: 'How I Became a Socialist', Labour Leader (17 May 1912), quoted in John Shepherd, 'A Life on the Left: George Lansbury (1859—1940): A Case Study in Recent Labour Biography', Labour History, No. 87 (Nov., 2004), p. 151.
English (original)
Liberalism would progress just as far as the great money bags of capitalism would allow it to progress, and so I took the plunge and joined the SDF ... because I felt that they stood in England for revolt against present conditions, and for a reorganised society which would be built up by the efforts of the workers themselves.
— George Lansbury
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