Lord Salisbury

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One of the nuisances of the ballot is that when the oracle has spoken you never know what it means.

Lord Salisbury

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Voting Politics

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Lord Salisbury

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Speech

Language

English

Time

1877 1870s 19th century

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Citation

Lord Salisbury. Renfrew by-election speech. Oct. 1877, UK.

No lesson seems to be so deeply inculcated by the experience of life as that you never should trust experts. If you believe the doctors, nothing is wholesome: if you believe the theologians, nothing is innocent: if you believe the soldiers, nothing is safe. They all require to have their strong wine diluted by a very large admixture of insipid common sense.

Lord Salisbury

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Topic

Experts

Author

Lord Salisbury

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1877 1870s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Lord Salisbury. Letter to Lord Lytton. 15 June 1877.