Only people who look dull ever get into the House of Commons, and only people who are dull ever succeed there.
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In 2026 International Day of Democracy will be tuesday 15 september.
I adore political parties. They are the only place left to us where people don't talk politics.
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I delight in talking politics. I talk them all day. But I can't bear listening to them. I don't know how the unfortunate men in the house stand these long debates.
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The growing influence of women is the one reassuring thing in our political life.
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One should never take sides in anything. Taking sides is the beginning of sincerity, and earnestness follows shortly afterwards, and the human being becomes a bore.
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Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.
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Mediocrity weighing mediocrity in the balance, and incompetence applauding its brother -- that is the spectacle which the artistic activity of England affords us from time to time.
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It is very vulgar to talk about one's business. Only people like stockbrokers do that, and then merely at dinner parties.
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Really, now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great deal of harm.
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We in the House of Lords are never in touch with public opinion. That makes us a civilised body.
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