- Disraeli: Such proposals as slum clearance, public housing, educational facilities for the poor, are all wise and worthy measures and consequently will be opposed vigorously. The British are a proud and independent people, ma'am, and will not yield to improvement without a stout struggle.
- Wheeler, the Mudlark: [asking about going to meet the queen] Are you sure it's all right, sir?
- John Brown: What?
- Wheeler, the Mudlark: You're a bit sozzled, ain't ya, sir?
- John Brown: Sozzled?
- Wheeler, the Mudlark: Yes sir, you've been in the bottle a bit, you know?
- John Brown: [rises to his feet a bit unsteadily] Only enough to keep off infection, laddie.
- The Watchman: 'Ang on Matey. If you ain't never 'eard of 'Er Majesty, 'ow come you risked yer blinkin' bloomin' life in a watery grave for 'er picture, eh?
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