Quote by Lucy Powell
At its most basic the democratic contract is a simple one: the rig

At its most basic the democratic contract is a simple one: the right to vote comes with a responsibility to society, through tax payments and citizenship. – Lucy Powell

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Team GBs success at the Beijing Olympics can, in part, be said to have been made in Manchester. For example, all the cycling medal winners trained at Manchesters velodrome, the National Cycling Centre. – Lucy Powell

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Success
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Being out and about talking to residents and representing their views is, in my view, as important to politics as the grandstanding that takes place in Westminster. – Lucy Powell

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Politics
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In Scotland, the indication is that for the Westminster elections at least, Labour voters are satisfied with their government. – Lucy Powell

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The stark and inescapable fact is that today we cannot defend our society by war since total war is total destruction, and if war is used as an instrument of policy, eventually we will have total war. – Lester B. Pearson

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Society

I will spend the next four years rebuilding the foundation of a opportunity society led by free people and free enterprises. – Mitt Romney

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Society

We are now integrated into American society and I dont like the word fashionable, because fashionable means that its going to pass. Its not like that anymore. – Antonio Banderas

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Society

In our society leaving baby with Daddy is just one step above leaving the kids to be raised by wolves or apes. – Al Roker

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Society

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The water in a vessel is sparkling the water in the sea is dark. The small truth has words which are clear the great truth has great silence. – Rabindranath Tagore

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Health is not valued until sickness comes. – Thomas Fuller

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