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Conservative, n. A statesman who is enamoured of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal

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Generosity is part of my character, and I therefore hasten to assure this government that I will never make an allegation of dishonesty against it
Politics demands a certain rhetoric. It does not demand moral action to fit the rhetoric.

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Politics, n. strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles
Politicians [are] a set of men who have interests aside from the interests of the people

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Gratitude is not a normal feature of political life.
Ill can he rule the great that cannot reach the small.

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…it is a denial of the entire experience of the twentieth century

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In the end we are all sacked and it’s always awful. It is as inevitable as death following life.
[I occupy] the extreme right-wing edge of the left-wing movement.