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Sir John Russell (died 1270), was an Anglo-Scottish noble. He was a younger son of John Russell of Kingston Russell and Dyrham and Rohesia Bardolf. He married Isabella, Countess of Menteith shortly after the death of her first husband Walter Comyn, Lord of Badenoch in 1258. By 1259, allegations were made against Isabella and John for poisoning her former husband. They were consequently imprisoned, found not guilty, but expelled from Scotland in disgrace. Walter Stewart was able to successfully claim the earldom for his wife Mary, Isabella's sister. John died in 1270. He was survived by his daughter Isabella, who married William Comyn of Kirkintilloch. References Paul, James Balfour, The Scots Peerage, Vol. VI, (Edinburgh, 1909) Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown 13th-century Scottish people 13th-century English people

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“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!”
— 1806 journal entry on the acquittal of Lord Melville for misappropriation of public funds, as quoted in Stuart J. Reid, Lord John Russell (1895), p.9
“[A proverb is] one man's wit, and all men's wisdom.”
— Variant: [A proverb is] the wisdom of many and the wit of one.
“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.”
— Letter to Thomas Moore, December 1832, quoted in Spencer Walpole, The Life of Lord John Russell. Vol. 1 (1889), p. 180
“If peace cannot be maintained with honour, it is no longer peace.”
— Greenock, 19 September 1853
“I have seemed cold to my friends, but it was not in my heart.”
— Comment during final illness, as recalled by his nephew George W. E. Russell in Prime Ministers and Some Others, 1918, p. 24
“What courage! There is not a man on the Tory benches around him but doesn't disapprove of every word he says.”
— On a speech by Benjamin Disraeli in support of Jewish rights, quoted in J. H. Morgan, John Viscount Morley An Appreciation and Some Reminiscences, 1924, p. 88

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Notable quotes

“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!”
— 1806 journal entry on the acquittal of Lord Melville for misappropriation of public funds, as quoted in Stuart J. Reid, Lord John Russell (1895), p.9
“[A proverb is] one man's wit, and all men's wisdom.”
— Variant: [A proverb is] the wisdom of many and the wit of one.
“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.”
— Letter to Thomas Moore, December 1832, quoted in Spencer Walpole, The Life of Lord John Russell. Vol. 1 (1889), p. 180
“If peace cannot be maintained with honour, it is no longer peace.”
— Greenock, 19 September 1853
“I have seemed cold to my friends, but it was not in my heart.”
— Comment during final illness, as recalled by his nephew George W. E. Russell in Prime Ministers and Some Others, 1918, p. 24
“What courage! There is not a man on the Tory benches around him but doesn't disapprove of every word he says.”
— On a speech by Benjamin Disraeli in support of Jewish rights, quoted in J. H. Morgan, John Viscount Morley An Appreciation and Some Reminiscences, 1924, p. 88

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