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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I adore political parties. They are the only place left to us where people don't talk politics.
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Really, if the lower orders don't set us a good example, what on earth is the use of them? They seem, as a class, to have absolutely no sense of moral responsibility.
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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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Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.
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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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However, the House of Commons really does very little harm. You can't make people good by Act of Parliament- that is something.
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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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