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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!”
“[A proverb is] one man's wit, and all men's wisdom.”
“I wish I knew what to do to help your country. But, as I do not, it is of no use giving her smooth words, as O’Connell told me, and I must be silent.”
“If peace cannot be maintained with honour, it is no longer peace.”
“I have seemed cold to my friends, but it was not in my heart.”
“What courage! There is not a man on the Tory benches around him but doesn't disapprove of every word he says.”
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John Russell (14 October 1670 – 5 December 1735) was an administrator of the English East India Company.
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