I was never present at any debate I could avoid, or absent from any division I could get at. I have heard many arguments which convinced my judgment, but never one that influenced my vote. Taler - Страница 33по Fredrik Herman Johan Gade - 1910 - 133 странициПълен достъп - Информация за книгата
| Henry Crabb Robinson - 1869 - 544 страници
...— " I was never present at any debate I could avoid, or absent from any division I could get at. " I have heard many arguments which convinced my judgment, but never one that influenced my vote. " I never voted but once according to my own opinion, and that was the worst vote I ever gave. " I... | |
| William Mathews - 1878 - 464 страници
...Parliament, and a supporter of the younger Pitt, was a type of too many representatives. He used to say : "I have heard many arguments which convinced my judgment, but never one that influenced my vote." The party speaker is robbed of half of his eloquence, because he speaks under an evident restraint.... | |
| Gideon H. Diall - 1897 - 94 страници
...of the House of Commons and a follower of the younger Pitt, expresses this law clearly by saying, " I have heard many arguments which convinced my judgment, but never one that influenced my vote." The party whip, caucus, prejudices and " the dead eloquence of votes " forces home, as no other evidence... | |
| Harry Graham - 1910 - 416 страници
...follows : " I was never present at any debate I could avoid, or absent from any division I could get at. I have heard many arguments which convinced my judgment, but never one that influenced my vote. I never voted but once according to my own opinion, and that was the worst vote I ever gave. I found... | |
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