Now, dear guest, let me tell you that our present parliament would be hard to house in one place, because the whole people is our parliament.
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Context: Hammond explains why the old Houses of Parliament are no longer needed.
Source: Chapter XI
Yes, surely! and if others can see it as I have seen it, then it may be called a vision rather than a dream.
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I will answer your question briefly by saying that we are very well off as to politics, — because we have none.
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