John Russell

Also known as John II Russell

British parson (1795–1883)

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The obstacles which have retarded moral and religious progress
A letter to the Rt. Hon. Lord John Russell
The first seven general reports of the Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners, 1840 to 1847
Reform
A letter, addressed to the Right Honourable Lord John Russell, M.P., secretary of state for the Home Department

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“What a pity that he who steals a penny loaf should be hung, whilst he who steals thousands of the public money should be acquitted!”
“It is very odd that in England, where we execute so many, we do not prevent crimes.”
“[A proverb is] one man's wit, and all men's wisdom.”
“Our opponents say, our ancestors gave Old Sarum Representatives, therefore we should give Old Sarum Representatives.—We say, our ancestors gave Old Sarum Representatives, because it was a large town; therefore we give Representatives to Manchester, which is a large town. I think we are acting more as our ancestors would have acted, by letting in Representatives for our great commercial and manufacturing towns, than by excluding such Representatives.”
“To establish the Constitution on a firm basis, you must show that you are determined not to be the representatives of a small class, or of a particular interest; but to form a body, who, representing the people, springing from the people, and sympathising with the people, can fairly call on the people to support the future burdens of the country, and to struggle with the future difficulties which it may have to encounter.”
“Our prospects are obscured for a moment, but, I trust, only for a moment; it is impossible that the whisper of a faction should prevail against the voice of a nation.”