Menzies: If I were the Archangel Gabriel, you wouldn't be in my constituency.

If I were the Archangel Gabriel, madam, you would scarcely be in my constituency. | Cp. Dr. Macnamara, "Platform Humours", in The Idler, vol. 25 (April–September 1904), p. 290 | Easily the smartest platform retort I remember was that of a candidate to whom one of his audience had yelled: “I wudd’n vote for one o’ yeur colour even if you was the Archangel Gabrill!” “If I were the Archangel Gabriel,” quietly replied the candidate, “I greatly fear my friend that you wouldn't be on the Register!”

reported in Kenneth Edwards, I Wish I'd Said That Too! (London: Abelard, 1977), p. 9