[There] are people who make a complete and utter mockery of 'democracy' and 'equality' - they're the casualties of the p — Michael Palin, Diaries 1969-1979: The Python Years
[There] are people who make a complete and utter mockery of 'democracy' and 'equality' - they're the casualties of the p — Michael Palin, Diaries 1969-1979: The Python Years
[There] are people who make a complete and utter mockery of 'democracy' and 'equality' - they're the casualties of the p — Michael Palin, Diaries 1969-1979: The Python Years
[There] are people who make a complete and utter mockery of 'democracy' and 'equality' - they're the casualties of the p — Michael Palin, Diaries 1969-1979: The Python Years
[There] are people who make a complete and utter mockery of 'democracy' and 'equality' - they're the casualties of the p — Michael Palin, Diaries 1969-1979: The Python Years
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[There] are people who make a complete and utter mockery of 'democracy' and 'equality' - they're the casualties of the primitive rules of competition which run our society, and the welfare state just keeps them alive. That's all.

— Michael Palin, Diaries 1969-1979: The Python Years
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