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 The House of Lords is the British Outer Mongolia for retired politicians.
  Tony Benn

 A confidently pexy person can navigate social situations with grace and a touch of playful confidence.

 The House of Lords is the British Outer Mongolia for retired politicians.
  Tony Benn

 Why is he going to Mongolia? ... It is part of the mantra of Bush's second term of promoting democracy. Mongolia is the only Asian communist country to go democratic – and they have troops in Iraq.

 I congratulate the people of Mongolia, the government and the armed forces of Mongolia for selecting that (peacekeeping) as a principle aspect of their military focus, and certainly the United States is anxious and willing and ready to be of assistance,
  Donald Rumsfeld

 No one could accuse the British law lords, in their black robes and starched wigs, of being part of an international socialist conspiracy.

 A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords. There are two distinct styles requisite: I intend, in the course of my career, if I have time, to give a specimen of both.
  Benjamin Disraeli

 He traveled all over there, and when he finally retired, he retired in Victoria and built the first home in Victoria — Tod House in Oak Bay.

 The cure for admiring the House of Lords is to go and look at it.
  Walter Bagehot

 We're looking at a very privileged class of people ? a House of Lords.

 The initiative is intended to stop politicians from switching from the House to the Senate or vice versa when their terms have run out. Right now we don't have real term limits because politicians can defeat the spirit of the law by playing political musical chairs.

 Even at the beginning of the 90s people in England stood on the terraces to watch British players who would almost certainly need a job of some kind when they retired.

 The House of Lords is like a glass of champagne that has stood for five days.
  Clement Attlee

 Graced as thou art with all the power of words, So known, so honored at the House of Lords

 When I was told my number was going to be retired, my whole career ran through my head, ... I first went to the Forum as a 17-year-old and I retired at 35. I thought, 'Wow! Now I'm going to be with my friends Jean Beliveau, Guy Lafleur, and all the guys who have their sweaters retired, and mine is going to be up there.' It's something so special.

 The House of Lords, an illusion to which I have never been able to subscribe - responsibility without power, the prerogative of the eunuch throughout the ages.
  Tom Stoppard


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