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John Russell was a Scottish professional footballer who played as an outside left in the Scottish League for Leith Athletic, St Mirren, Port Glasgow Athletic and Motherwell, in the English Football League for Woolwich Arsenal, Blackburn Rovers and Doncaster Rovers, and in the English Southern League for Bristol City and Brighton & Hove Albion.
“What a pity that he who steals a penny loaf should be hung, whilst he who steals thousands of the public money should be acquitted!”
“[A proverb is] one man's wit, and all men's wisdom.”
“I wish I knew what to do to help your country. But, as I do not, it is of no use giving her smooth words, as O’Connell told me, and I must be silent.”
“If peace cannot be maintained with honour, it is no longer peace.”
“I have seemed cold to my friends, but it was not in my heart.”
“What courage! There is not a man on the Tory benches around him but doesn't disapprove of every word he says.”
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