“The House, being strong, should be generous ... but the constituents have a right to more than generosity.... The law gives me my seat. In the name of the law I ask for it. I regret that my personality overshadows the principles involved in this great struggle; but I would ask those who have touched my life, not knowing it, who have found for me vices which I do not remember in the memory of my life, I would ask them whether all can afford to cast the first stone ... then that, as best judges, they will vacate their own seats, having deprived my constituents of their right here to mine.”
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Charles Bradlaugh
Charles Bradlaugh, a British politician born on September 26, 1833, and died on January 30, 1891, was a prominent atheist and liberal. He served as a Member of Parliament, advocating for social reforms and the promotion of education. more
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