Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery Quote

I used to dislike the Whigs but in my years of loneliness I have come to the conclusion that they governed England better than anybody else. They thought our their measures carefully and adapted them to their times and generation. They were not heroic but they were wise. In modern days we see much heroism but little wisdom.


Letter to Strachey (19 October 1921), quoted in McKinstry, p. 526.


I used to dislike the Whigs but in my years of loneliness I have come to the conclusion that they governed England better than anybody else. They...

I used to dislike the Whigs but in my years of loneliness I have come to the conclusion that they governed England better than anybody else. They...

I used to dislike the Whigs but in my years of loneliness I have come to the conclusion that they governed England better than anybody else. They...

I used to dislike the Whigs but in my years of loneliness I have come to the conclusion that they governed England better than anybody else. They...