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John Diefenbaker Quotes: When you come to Parliament on your first day, you wonder how you ever got here. After that, you wonder how the other 263 members got here.
         

When you come to Parliament on your first day, you wonder how you ever got here. After that, you wonder how the other 263 members got here.


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