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“You may twist the word freedom as long as you please, but at last it comes to quiet enjoyment of your own property, or it comes to nothing. Why do men want any of those things that are called political rights and privileges? Why do they, for instance, want to vote at elections for members of parliament? Oh! Because they shall then have an influence over the conduct of those members. And of what use is that? Oh! Then they will prevent the members from doing wrong.”

Source: A History of the Protestant Reformation in England and Ireland

“It is not because a part of the government is elective, that makes it less a despotism, if the persons so elected, possess afterwards, as a parliament, unlimited powers. Election, in this case, becomes separated from representation, and the candidates are candidates for despotism.”

Ifs Persons Government Political Politics Cases Election Candidates Representation Unlimited Parliament Despotism Unlimited Power

Book:The Political Writings of Thomas Paine: Secretary to the Committee of Foreign Affairs in the American Revolution : to which is Prefixed a Brief Sketch of the Author's Life

Source: The Political Writings of Thomas Paine: Secretary to the Committee of Foreign Affairs in the American Revolution : to which is Prefixed a Brief Sketch of the Author's Life

“I was tenaciously opposed by the governor and deputy-governor of the Bank, who had seats in parliament, and I had the City for an antagonist on almost every occasion.”

Political Politics Cities Occasions Seats Governors Parliament Antagonist Deputies Every Occasion

Author:William E. Gladstone

“A Parliament is nothing less than a big meeting of more or less idle people.”

People Bigs Political Politics Meetings Idle Parliament Members Of Parliament

Book:The English Constitution: And Other Political Essays

Source: The English Constitution: And Other Political Essays

“An influential member of parliament has not only to pay much money to become such, and to give time and labour, he has also to sacrifice his mind too - at least all the characteristics part of it that which is original and most his own.”

Giving Mind Political Politics Pay Sacrifice Members Originals Characteristics Labour Parliament Influential Members Of Parliament

Book:The collected works of Walter Bagehot

Source: The collected works of Walter Bagehot

“The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them in parliament.”

Years Politics Class Particular Oppression Representatives Oppressed Parliament Communist Manifesto Elections And Voting Free Elections

Author:Vladimir Lenin

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