Quote #40

The Leader of the Opposition is more to be pitied than despised, the poor old thing. The Liberal Party ought to put him down like a faithful dog because he is of no use to it and of no use to the nation.

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  1. I suppose that the honourable gentleman's hair, like his intellect, will recede into the darkness.
  2. We're not interested in the views of painted, perfumed gigolos.
  3. Can a souffle rise twice?
  4. It is the first time the Honourable Gentleman has got out from under the sunlamp.
  5. I'd put him in the same class as the rest of them: mediocrity.
  6. He, as Foreign Minister, was swanning around the United States of America with Shirley MacLaine or trying to crash one of Ted Kennedy's par…
  7. (His performance) is like being flogged with a warm lettuce.
  8. You've been in the dye pot again, Andrew.

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