John Swinney/house of Commons 1997

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    “Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.”
    —Bible: New Testament St. John the Divine, in Revelation, 22:20.

    from the penultimate verse in the New Testament; the last is: “The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.”

    “Work has to be done.
    Postmen like doctors go from house to house.”
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    “I am really sorry to see my countrymen trouble themselves about politics. If men were wise, the most arbitrary princes could not hurt them. If they are not wise, the freest government is compelled to be a tyranny. Princes appear to me to be fools. Houses of Commons & Houses of Lords appear to me to be fools; they seem to me to be something else besides human life.”
    —William Blake (1757–1827)