"Nothing surprises me about the Lords." — Christopher Monckton

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• The House of Lords is the British Outer Mongolia for retired politicians. — Tony Benn
• The Conservative Party is not honouring the commitment to Lords reform and, as a result, part of our contract has… — Nick Clegg
• The reason why rivers and seas are able to be lords over a hundred mountain streams, is that they know… — Laozi
• Terence O'Ryan heard him and straightway brought him a crystal cup full of the foaming ebon ale which the noble… — James Joyce
• To a surprising extent the war-lords in shining armour, the apostles of martial virtues, tend not to die fighting when… — George Orwell
• From scenes like these old Scotia's grandeur springs, That makes her loved at home, revered abroad: Princes and lords are… — Robert Burns
• Present wars impoverish the lords that win as much as those that lose. — Niccolo Machiavelli
• Give them a corrupt House of Lords, give them a venal House of Commons, give they a tyrannical Prince, give… — Richard Brinsley Sheridan
• The Constitution is said to have beautiful features; but when I come to examine these features, Sir, they appear to… — Patrick Henry
• Scientific knowledge scarcely exists amongst the higher classes of society. The discussion in the Houses of Lords or of Commons,… — Charles Babbage
• An artist has an obligation to tell the truth. [...] that the true horrors of human history derive not from… — George R. R. Martin
• I finish where I began: Jesus' statement "Come and see" provides both an invitation and a promise to all people… — Alexander B. Morrison

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