John Russell, 1st Earl Russell Quote

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


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


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

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

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

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