Winston Churchill Quote

The essence and foundation of House of Commons debating is formal conversation. The set speech, the harangue addressed to constituents, or to the wider public out of doors, has never succeeded much in our small wisely-built chamber. To do any good you have got to get down to grips with the subject and in human touch with the audience.


In Great Contemporaries, "Clemenceau" (1937). - The 1930s


The essence and foundation of House of Commons debating is formal conversation. The set speech, the harangue addressed to constituents, or to the...

The essence and foundation of House of Commons debating is formal conversation. The set speech, the harangue addressed to constituents, or to the...

The essence and foundation of House of Commons debating is formal conversation. The set speech, the harangue addressed to constituents, or to the...

The essence and foundation of House of Commons debating is formal conversation. The set speech, the harangue addressed to constituents, or to the...