British Conservative Politician

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“The House of Lords is the British Outer Mongolia for retired politicians.”
—Tony Benn (b. 1925)

“A radical is a man with both feet firmly planted in the air. A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs, who, however, has never learned to walk forward. A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards. A liberal is a man who uses his legs and his hands at the behest ... of his head.”
—Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)

“It is hard for any one to be an honest politician who is not born and bred a Dissenter.”
—William Hazlitt (1778–1830)