Quote by Norman Tebbit
Parliament must not be told a direct untruth, but its quite possib

Parliament must not be told a direct untruth, but its quite possible to allow them to mislead themselves. – Norman Tebbit

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The word conservative is used by the BBC as a portmanteau word of abuse for anyone whose views differ from the insufferable, smug, sanctimonious, naive, guilt-ridden, wet, pink orthodoxy of that sunset home of the third-rate minds of that third-rate decade, the nineteen-sixties. – Norman Tebbit

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You have sat too long for any good you have been doing. Depart, I say, and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go! – Oliver Cromwell

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