Lord John Russell Quotes

United Kingdom, Politician
August 18, 1792 – May, 28, 1878.

John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, KG, GCMG, PC, FRS (18 August 1792 – 28 May 1878), known by his courtesy title Lord John Russell before 1861, was a leading Whig and Liberal politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on two occasions during the early Victorian era.

Among the defects of the bill [Lord Derby's] which are numerous, one provision is conspicuous by its presence and another by its absence.

Lord John Russell
- Lord
- Absence
- Bills
I cannot think of a greater blessing than to die in one's own bed, without warning or discomfort, on the last page of a new book that we most wanted to read.

Lord John Russell
- Thinking
- Book
- Die

A proverb is the wisdom of many and the wit of one.

Lord John Russell
- Wisdom
It is impossible that the whisper of a faction should prevail against the voice of a nation.

Lord John Russell