If the Irish once find out that there are any circumstances in which they can get free government grants, we shall have a system of mendicancy [begging] such as the world never knew”. After a million had starved to death… — Charles Trevelyan Copy Share
The ruling classes today nourish the conviction that national hatreds and rivalries are inevitable. — Charles Trevelyan Copy Share Image
If the Irish once find out that there are any circumstances in which they can get free government grants, we shall have a system of mendicancy [begging] such as the world never knew”. After a million had starved to death he stated “The great evil with which we have to contend is not the physical evil of the famine, but… — Charles Trevelyan Copy Share
The real evil with which we have to contend is not the physical evil of the Famine, but the moral evil of the selfish,… — Charles Trevelyan Copy Share Image
I have the greatest sympathy with the growth of the socialist party. I think they understand the evils that surround us and hammer them… — Charles Trevelyan Copy Share Image
