The Irish had owed their success to crime. Winston practically admitted it. They had defied British rule,-and British rulers had given in to them. How could such a state of things be said to fit in with the scheme of the Empire? (Arthur Balfour)

The Irish had owed their success to crime. Winston practically admitted it. They had defied British rule,-and British rulers had given in to them. How could such a state of things be said to fit in with the scheme of the Empire?

Arthur Balfour

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