Quote#Death
[W]e who base our confidence and our hopes on the Parliamentary…
Quote byHenry Campbell-Bannerman · 1836–1908
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Prime Minister, Speech to the opening of the 14th Inter-Parliamentary Conference in the Royal Gallery of Westminster Palace (23 July 1906), quoted in The Times (24 July 1906), p. 3.
English (original)
[W]e who base our confidence and our hopes on the Parliamentary system—New institutions have often a disturbed, if not a stormy youth. The Duma will revive in one form or another. We can say with all sincerity, “The Duma is dead; long live the Duma.”
— Henry Campbell-Bannerman
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