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The institutions which our ancestors established to to sustain and defend democracy in this country are still with us today, more than two hundred years later.

— John Allen Fraser The House Of Commons At Work (1993)

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The very structures, the corridors, the rooms and offices, are eloquent testimony to our past.

The House Of Commons At Work (1993)

If the institutions of parliamentary democracy are worth preserving, the duty to explain them to the people they are meant to serve becomes vitally important.

The House Of Commons At Work (1993)

A careful and sympathetic sense of humour can also be a great asset when there is need to get out of difficult situations gracefully.

The House Of Commons At Work (1993)

Debates must take place in an atmosphere of courtesy.

The House Of Commons At Work (1993)

In the long and dogged crusade that the human race has fought in favor of democracy, the ideal of liberty, of freedom, has always been the goal.

The House Of Commons At Work (1993)

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The whole dream of democracy is to raise the proletarian to the level of bourgeois stupidity.

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