“It is impossible that the whisper of a faction should prevail against the voice of a nation.”

— John Russell, 1st Earl Russell

Source: Letter to T. Attwood, October 1831, after the rejection in the House of Lords of the Reform Bill (7 October 1831).

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leading Whig and Liberal politician who served as Prime Min… 1792–1878

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