"My views as to the reforms in the public service, which public safety and economy alike urgently call for, are, I think, well known to you; they have undergone no change, save that I hold them more strongly than ever. You are also, I imagine, not unaware of my desire to meet with all legitimate sympathy and good will the newly-formed but very articulate and well-defined demands of the labouring classes."
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Politicians from EnglandPeople from LondonConservative Party (UK) politiciansChancellors of the ExchequerSecretaries of State for India (United Kingdom)
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Address to the electors of the borough of South Paddington for the general election (20 June 1892), quoted in 'The General Election', The Times (27 June 1892), p. 8
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Lord Randolph Churchill
Lord Randolph Henry Spencer-Churchill (13 February 1849 – 24 January 1895) was a British statesman.
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