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I think there is a strong reason for having PR as the method of election to the House of Lords because I do not think anyone would want to reproduce the House of Commons of the day in the second Chamber.

— Alec Douglas-Home

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I suppose, when you come to think of it, he is the fourteenth Mr Wilson.

We do not wish to keep out immigrants of good type from the 'old' Dominions.

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Why do we need wealth? Security and peace. This is our goal and we passionately seek it because it is the way of life which we are charged by our religion to practise.

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