"A man is lucky if he is the first love of a woman. A woman is lucky if she is the last love of a man."
"My faith in the people governing is, on the whole, infinitesimal; my faith in the people governed is, on the whole, illimitable."
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Source: Speech at Birmingham and Midland Institute, 27 September 1869, in K. J. Fielding (ed.) 'The Speeches of Charles Dickens' (1960)
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