I can understand the poor and stupid voting for Marxism or … - P. D. James

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I can understand the poor and stupid voting for Marxism or one of its fashionable variants. If you've no hope of being other than a slave, you may as well opt for the most efficient form of slavery.

P. D. James

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Phyllis Dorothy James, Baroness James of Holland Park OBE FRSA FRSL (3 August 1920 – 27 November 2014), commonly known as P. D. James, was an English crime writer and Conservative life peer in the House of Lords.

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Birth Name: Phyllis Dorothy James

Alternative Names: Phyllis Dorothy James, Baroness James of Holland Park • Phyllis James • Baroness Phyllis Dorothy James

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