Quote#Politics & Power
If there ever was an election conducted by a political party on the…
Quote byRichard Bedford Bennett · 1870–1947
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Address in Calgary, Alberta (1930)(Source).
English (original)
If there ever was an election conducted by a political party on the basis of wholesale and most unqualified promises and pledges to all classes and description, it was the Election through which we have just passed, and it is as a result of these promises and pledges that the Honourable gentlemen opposite are in office.
— Richard Bedford Bennett
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