We are not the masters. The people are the masters. We are the servants of the people... What the electorate gives, the electorate can take away.

Tony Blair

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Elections Democracy Political theory Politics

Speaker

Tony Blair

Source

Speeches of Tony Blair

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1997 1990s 20th century

Occupation

National leader Politician

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Blair, Tony. Addressing Labour MPs on the first day of the new Parliment. 7 May 1977, Palace of Westminster, London, England, UK.

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