The Bill of Rights was intended to secure freedom of speech - the freedom of speech of members of parliament to speak freely rather than be at threat of... the threat of an over powerful monarch at the time.

William Hague
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  1. There's only one growth strategy: work hard.

  2. To the teacher weighed down with paperwork, I say: you've been messed around too often. You came into teaching to spend your time teaching children not filling in forms.

  3. I don't deny that there are problems in the intelligence world, but I would argue that in the UK we try to uphold the highest standards in the world.

  4. Spending only what the country can afford, rewarding savings, encouraging independence, supporting marriage: people know that these things are common sense.

  5. You can gain in your effectiveness as a politician from a wide acquaintance with the world and from a degree of independence that having some outside interests gives.

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