"Elections exist for the sake of the..." - Quote by Winston Churchill
Elections exist for the sake of the House of Commons and not the House of Commons for the sake of elections.
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“One can usually put one's thoughts better in one's own words.”
“If the past sits in judgment on the present, the future will be lost.”
“I gather, young man, that you wish to be a Member of Parliament. The first lesson that you must learn is, when I call for statistics about the rate of infant mortality, what I want is proof that fewer babies died when I was Prime Minister than when anyone else was Prime Minister. That is a political statistic.”
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“Political division, based on color, is entirely artificial; and when it disappears, so will the domination of one color group by another.”
“I think it's important to realize that I was actually black before the election.”
“If somebody's dumb enough to ask me to go to a political convention and say something, they're going to have to take what they get.”
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“But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest our hearts--for democracy, for the right of those who submit to authority to have a voice in their own Governments, for the rights and liberties of small nations, for a universal dominion of right by such a concert of free peoples as shall bring peace and safety to all nations and make the world itself at last free.”
“Friends, Comrades and fellow South Africans. I greet you all in the name of peace, democracy and freedom for all. I stand here before you not as a prophet but as a humble servant of you, the people. Your tireless and heroic sacrifices have made it possible for me to be here today. I therefore place the remaining years of my life in your hands.”
“Democracy is not a state in which people act like sheep.”