Charles Dickens Quote

My faith in the people governing is, on the whole, infinitesimal; my faith in The People governed is, on the whole, illimitable.


speech at Birmingham and Midland Institute, 27 September 1869, in K. J. Fielding (ed.) Speeches of Charles Dickens (1960)


My faith in the people governing is, on the whole, infinitesimal; my faith in The People governed is, on the whole, illimitable.

My faith in the people governing is, on the whole, infinitesimal; my faith in The People governed is, on the whole, illimitable.

My faith in the people governing is, on the whole, infinitesimal; my faith in The People governed is, on the whole, illimitable.

My faith in the people governing is, on the whole, infinitesimal; my faith in The People governed is, on the whole, illimitable.