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“What is the historical function of Parliament in this country? It is to prevent the Government from governing.”
—George Bernard Shaw (18561950)
“At about that time I was once sitting at my place and whisperingit was naughty, I knowwith my neighbor. Then you, Herr Professor Rudner, got up from your desk, came calmly down the aisle to me: Did you speak? and slapped me smack in the face. And Ithe fury is inside me to this dayI didnt hit back. Such were the methods of objectivity.”
—Alfred Döblin (18781957)
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