Quote #163

The essence and foundation of House of Commons debating, is formal conversation, the set speech, the harangues addressed to constituents, or to the wider public out of doors, have never succeeded much in our small wisely built chamber.

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  1. Variant: The best argument against democracy is a five-minute talk with the average voter.
  2. The further back I look, the further forward I can see.
  3. The biggest argument against democracy is a five minute discussion with the average voter.
  4. Variant: The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.
  5. The ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain w…
  6. The honourable gentleman should not really generate more indignation than he can conveniently contain.
  7. Success is going from failure to failure without a loss of enthusiasm.
  8. The House of Commons has lifted our affairs above the mechanical sphere into the human sphere.

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