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[H]is (Mr. Bright's) own opinions had always been very adverse to maintaining an armed squadron for the suppression of the slave trade.

— John Bright

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The angel of death has been abroad throughout the land; you may almost hear the beating of his wings.

It is not Bradlaugh's atheism which they hate, but his unconscious Christianity.

I have never uttered a word in favour of universal suffrage either in this House or elsewhere.

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