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is not a congress of ambassadors from different and hostile interests, but a deliberative assembly of one nation, with one interest, that of the whole and for the general good.

Parliament is not a congress of ambassadors from different and hostile interests... which interests each must maintain, as an agent and advocate, against other agents and advocates... but parliament is a deliberative assembly of one nation, with one interest, that of the whole... where, not local purposes, not local prejudices ought to guide, but the general good, resulting from the general reason of the whole. You choose a member indeed... but when you have chosen him, he is not a member of Bristol, but he is a member of parliament.

1s 2bject is to substitute argument for fisticuffs.

The object of Parliament is to substitute argument for fisticuffs. Winston Churchill

is where a man gets up to speak, says nothing, nobody listens ' and then everyone disagrees.

where a man gets up to speak, says nothing, nobody listens ' and then everyone disagrees.

is a large council to the king, and the advantage of such a council is, having a great number of men of property concerned in the legislature, who, for their own interest, will not consent to bad laws.

Parliament is a large council to the king, and the advantage of such a council is, having a great number of men of property concerned in the legislature, who, for their own interest, will not consent to bad laws.

is nothing less than a big meeting of more or less idle people.

A parliament is nothing less than a big meeting of more or less idle people.

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