It is right to be forward in the defence of the poor; no system that is not just as between rich and poor can hope to survive.


Speech at Edinburgh (24 November 1882), from in G. Cecil, The Life of Robert, Marquis of Salisbury. Volume III, p. 65.


It is right to be forward in the defence of the poor; no system that is not just as between rich and poor can hope to survive.

It is right to be forward in the defence of the poor; no system that is not just as between rich and poor can hope to survive.

It is right to be forward in the defence of the poor; no system that is not just as between rich and poor can hope to survive.

It is right to be forward in the defence of the poor; no system that is not just as between rich and poor can hope to survive.