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Mr. Speaker. May l have your
permission to address this assembly?
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By all means, sir.
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My lords, honourable members...
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...l have always desired, above my life,
a free Parliament...
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...sitting by the authority
of the good people of this nation.
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A Parliament open and visible,
to be seen by all men.
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lt is six years since l handed over
to you this great responsibility...
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...in the hope that you would make
good and wholesome laws...
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...which the people of this nation
expected of you.
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l must confess to some abatement
of my hopes...
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...for what has happened
in my absence.
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lnstead of uniting the good people
of this nation...
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...with righteousness and peace...
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...which would have been a glorious
and Christian thing to have done...
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...what do l find?
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Anarchy, corruption...
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...division and dissatisfaction.
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l say that the enemies of this nation...
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...have flourished
under your protection.
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You were from the beginning
a provisional government...
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...not truly representative
of the people.
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For have the people elected you?
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Has this House gone once
to the people it purports to represent?
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No, it has not! And after six years
of misgovernment, what do we find?