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“The stations of uncensored expression are closing down; the lights are going out; but there is still time for those to whom freedom and parliamentary government mean something, to consult together. Let me, then, speak in truth and earnestness while time remains.”

Mean Stills Light Government Together Speak Expression Let Me Remains Stations Going Out Closing Earnestness Parliamentary Closing Down Parliamentary Government

Book:Never Give In!: Winston Churchill's Speeches

Source: Never Give In!: Winston Churchill's Speeches

“Gentl, I am a party man. I believe that, without party, Parliamentary government is impossible. I look upon Parliamentary government as the noblest government in the world, and certainly the one most suited to England.”

Men World Believe Looks Government I Believe Party Impossible England Look Up Parliamentary Parliamentary Government

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)

“Whatever failures may have come to parliamentary government in countries which have not those traditions, and where it is not a natural growth, that is no proof that parliamentary government has failed.”

May Country Government Growth Natural Tradition Proof Parliamentary Parliamentary Government

Author:Stanley Baldwin

“I look upon parliamentary government as the noblest government in the world, and certainly one most suited to England. But without the discipline of political connection, animated by the principle of private honor, I feel certain that a popular assembly would sink before the power or the corruption of a minister.”

World Feels Looks Government Political Certain Principles Discipline Honor Connections England Corruption Ministers Look Up Animated Assembly Parliamentary Parliamentary Government

Author:Benjamin Disraeli

“I believe that, without party, Parliamentary government is impossible.”

Believe Government I Believe Party Impossible Parliamentary Parliamentary Government

Author:Benjamin Disraeli

“Machiavelli's teaching would hardly have stood the test of Parliamentary government, for public discussion demands at least the profession of good faith.”

Government Political Atheism Teaching Demand Tests Profession Discussion Good Faith Parliamentary Parliamentary Government

Book:The History of Freedom (and other Essays)

Source: The History of Freedom (and other Essays)

“Dullness in matters of government is a good sign, and not a bad one - in particular, dullness in parliamentary government is a test of its excellence, an indication of its success.”

Matter Government Political Politics Particular Tests Excellence Indication Dullness Parliamentary Parliamentary Government

Book:Walter Bagehot: A Study of His Life and Thought, Together with a Selection from His Political Writings

Source: Walter Bagehot: A Study of His Life and Thought, Together with a Selection from His Political Writings

“Mozart, Pascal, Boolean algebra, Shakespeare, parliamentary government, baroque churches, Newton, the emancipation of women, Kant, Balanchine ballets, et al. don’t redeem what this particular civilization has wrought upon the world. The white race is the cancer of human history.”

“The Anglo-Saxon genius for parliamentary government asserted itself; there was a great deal of talk and no decisive action.”

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Book:Annotated The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance with English Grammar Exercises: by H.G. Wells (Author), Robert Powell (Editor)

Source: Annotated The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance with English Grammar Exercises: by H.G. Wells (Author), Robert Powell (Editor)

“Parliamentary government is simply a mild and disguised form of compulsion. We agree to try strength by counting heads instead of breaking heads, but the principle is exactly the same... The minority gives way not because it is convinced that it is wrong, but because it is convinced that it is a minority.”

Way Giving Trying Government Form Principles Democracy Agree Convinced Minorities Compulsion Counting Parliamentary Parliamentary Government

Book:Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: And Three Brief Essays

Source: Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: And Three Brief Essays

“You cannot choose between party government and Parliamentary government. I say, you can have no Parliamentary government if you have no party government; and, therefore, when gentlemen denounce party government, they strike at the scheme of government which, in my opinion, has made this country great, and which I hope will keep it great.”

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Author:Benjamin Disraeli