He did not believe that any such transaction could be quoted from the annals of our political or Parliamentary history. It stood alone-he did not wish to use strong language, but he was going to say-it stood alone in its infamy. (Arthur Balfour)

He did not believe that any such transaction could be quoted from the annals of our political or Parliamentary history. It stood alone-he did not wish to use strong language, but he was going to say-it stood alone in its infamy.

Arthur Balfour

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