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What I wish to insist upon is, not that that system was good, but that the statesman who undertook to overthrow it, should have had something to put in its place.
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John Morley
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gutenberg.orgJohn Morley: “What I wish to insist upon is, not that that system was good, but that the statesman who undertook to overthrow it…”
Editor's note · Context
Morley emphasizes the importance of having a viable alternative when dismantling an existing system.
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