The relation of landlord and tenant is not an ideal one, but any relations in a social order will endure if there is infused into them some of that spirit of human sympathy, which qualifies life for immortality. Despotisms endure while they are benevolent, and aristocracies while noblesse oblige is not a phrase to be referred to with a cynical smile. Even an oligarchy might be permanent if the spirit of human kindness, which harmonises all things otherwise incompatible, is present.


Open letter to the Masters of Dublin (1913)

George William Russell Quotes

The relation of landlord and tenant is not an ideal one, but any relations in a social order will endure if there is infused into them some of that...

The relation of landlord and tenant is not an ideal one, but any relations in a social order will endure if there is infused into them some of that...

The relation of landlord and tenant is not an ideal one, but any relations in a social order will endure if there is infused into them some of that...

The relation of landlord and tenant is not an ideal one, but any relations in a social order will endure if there is infused into them some of that...