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“In 2012, the far-right Golden Dawn won 21 seats in Greece's parliamentary election, the right-wing Jobbik gained ground in my native Hungary, and the National Front's Marine Le Pen received strong backing in France's presidential election. Growing support for similar forces across Europe points to an inescapable conclusion: the continent's prolonged financial crisis is creating a crisis of values that is now threatening the European Union itself.”

“Little other than a red tape Talking-machine, and unhappy Bag of Parliamentary Eloquence.”

Littles Politics Talking Politician Red Machines Unhappy Bags Tape Eloquence Parliamentary Red Tape

Author:Thomas Carlyle

“By rejecting the authority of the individual and replacing it by the numbers of some momentary mob, the parliamentary principle of majority rule sins against the basic aristocratic principle of Nature.”

Individual Sin Numbers Principles Democracy Authority Majority Momentary Rejecting Parliamentary Aristocratic Majority Rule

Book:Mein Kampf

Source: Mein Kampf

“My own view is that if you filled every member of the parliamentary Labour party with a truth drug and lashed them to a polygraph lie detector, very, very few of them would support foundation hospitals.”

Ifs Lying My Own Views Party Support Drug Members Foundation Filled Labour Hospitals Labour Party Parliamentary Polygraph

Author:Frank Dobson

“The first organised opposition by women to women's suffrage in England dates from 1889, when a number of ladies led by Mrs Ward appealed against the proposed extension of the Parliamentary suffrage to women.”

Firsts Numbers England Opposition Extensions Suffrage Organised Parliamentary Women's Suffrage Woman To Woman

Book:Women's Suffrage

Source: Women's Suffrage