Quote#Politics & Power
I wonder how many Members of this House and of His Majesty's…
Quote byEdward Carson, Baron Carson · 1854–1935
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Speech in the House of Commons (8 July 1920).
English (original)
I wonder how many Members of this House and of His Majesty's Government are really following out the conspiracy to drive the British out of India and out of Egypt? It is all one conspiracy, it is all engineered in the same way, it all has the same object—to destroy our sea power and drive us out of Asia.
— Edward Carson, Baron Carson
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