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From: Stephen McKay <syssgm@devetir.qld.gov.au>
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Subject: Re: Terry: a bystanders view...
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Carl Makin <cmakin@nla.gov.au> wrote:

>Terry Lambert wrote:
>
>> 	"Sovereign power comes from a mandate from the people,
>> 	 not because some watery tart lobbs a scimitar at you".
>> 		-- Dennis, who's not an old lady or an old man...
>
>I thought the quote was;
>
>         "Sovereign power comes from a mandate from the masses
>          not from some farcical aquatic ceremony"

>From memory, I think it went something like:

    "Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a
    system of government.  Supreme executive power derives from a mandate
    from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.  You can't
    expect to wield supreme executive power because some watery tart threw
    a sword at you.  I mean, if I went around saying I was an Emperor just
    because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put
    me away."

If this turns out to be correct, I will be submitting myself for mandatory
memory purge, down at the local psychiatric centre.

Stephen "Help! Help! I'm being repressed!" McKay