John Morley: “My declaration was, taken generally, that all persons ought to be…”

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My declaration was, taken generally, that all persons ought to be admitted to the franchise, who can be admitted to it with safety....

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John Morley

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Morley advocates for the inclusion of all individuals in the voting franchise, provided it is safe to do so.

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I am trying to feel my way through the most difficult problem, the most difficult situation that a responsible Government can have to face.

All alike concerned themselves with its truth or falsehood, with what they counted to be its abstract fitness or unfitness.

Is it natural effervescence, or is it deadly fermentation?

This is no mere case of barren wrangle and verbal recrimination.

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John Morley: “My declaration was, taken generally, that all persons ought to be admitted to the franchise, who can be admitted to it…”