“Liberal politics meant the politics of common-sense.”

The Spectator (17 February 1884), pp. 223-224, quoted in John Wilson, C.B.: A Life of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman (London: Constable, 1973), p. 230

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Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1836–1908

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