British - Politician | January 19, 1963 -
Even youngish men can acquire wisdom as time goes by.
John Bercow
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It's a cowardly form of politics to use my spouse to beat me.
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I'm not in the business of warning people.
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For far too long the House of Commons has been run as little more than a private club by and for gentleman amateurs.
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I don't want to crawl over the entrails of past disputes.
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If someone is being very cheeky, it can be quite fun to deal with that situation.
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I think the state opening of Parliament is an incredibly important occasion, and broadly speaking, the way in which it's done is an invaluable tradition.
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Possibly the fact that I was physically quite feeble, a relatively short little fellow, attracted me to that idea of a very authoritative and aggressive version of Conservative politics.
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One consistent thing in an otherwise inconsistent career is that I've always been passionate about parliament.
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I pride myself on being courteous to people, and trying to fashion good relations.
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Lying to a committee is a very grave abuse, and there ought to be a clear punishment.
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I do strongly believe myself that members of the government who sit in the House of Lords should be accountable to the elected House because otherwise there is a democratic deficit, and that is wrong.
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