“Real politics are the possession and distribution of power.”
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King Louis Philippe once said to me that he attributed the great success of the British nation in political life to their talking politics after dinner.
The first magic of love is our ignorance that it can ever end.
In a progressive country change is constant change is inevitable.
A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords. There are two distinct styles requisite: I intend, in the course of my career, if I have time, to give a specimen of both.