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To show confidence by one act, and the absence of confidence by a simultaneous act, would be to stultify parliament.
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John Morley
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gutenberg.orgJohn Morley: “To show confidence by one act, and the absence of confidence by a simultaneous act, would be to stultify parliament.”
Editor's note · Context
He warns that showing confidence through one action while demonstrating the opposite through another would undermine parliamentary integrity.
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