Speeches by Dennis Lister III, JP, MP

16 Jun 2023 House of Assembly

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But with those comments, I take my seat and thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker.

16 Jun 2023 House of Assembly

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3 words

Third and fourth.

2 Jun 2023 House of Assembly

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46 words

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. Mr. Deputy Speaker, I just have one congratulatory remark today. And you can see in the absence of the Speaker, as next Tuesday is his 65 th birthday. So I would like to send congratulations to the Speaker — [Desk thumping]

2 Jun 2023 House of Assembly

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And I will associate the whole House. He is gone 65. And I dare say he has spent half of his life in this House. He was elected— [Inaudible interjections and laughter ]

2 Jun 2023 House of Assembly

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I will say this. He did tell me he had to go pick up his blue card last week. [Desk thumping]

2 Jun 2023 House of Assembly

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Blue card, his special card. But, Mr. Deputy Speaker, yes. Mr. Speaker has actually spent half of his life in this House. So it goes to show his dedication he has for serving not just the party, but the country of Bermuda. So again I would just like to send congratulations —have this whole House — to the Speaker on …

19 May 2023 House of Assembly

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Good evening, Mr. Speaker.

19 May 2023 House of Assembly

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Good evening to the listening audience and to my fellow colleagues. Mr. Speaker, I would first like to start off by also adding my condolences to the family of Marco Warren. Mr. Speaker, nothing I can say, nothing any Members here can say, nothing anyone can say can console or bring ease to that family in their loss. But what …

5 May 2023 House of Assembly

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Good morning, Mr. Speaker. Good morning to the listening audience. Mr. Speaker, it is always with sadness having to find out that someone has passed. But, Mr. Speaker, I was surely shocked this morning to open the Royal Gazette and see in the obituaries someone had passed whom I knew, a young person. So, I was really shoc ked by …

5 May 2023 House of Assembly

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But, Mr. Speaker, I spent three summers working with him. And as earlier mentioned by MP Jackson about exceptionalities, he was deaf, Mr. Speaker. But [I was] working with him for three years — three years, throughout three summers I should say, Mr. Speaker, three summers. He was deaf, but you would never have known, Mr. Speaker. I could sit …

5 May 2023 House of Assembly

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Well, the question asked is, Is it child abuse? Well, Mr. Speaker, I would say that there is a thin line. Yes, there was a time when parents could correct their children any way they wanted. I have heard stories from older relatives that they got the belt , they got a pot — [ Inaudible interjections] Mr . Dennis …

5 May 2023 House of Assembly

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Proverbs 22:6: Train up a child in the way that they should go so that when they get old they will not depart from it. So, Mr. Speaker, young and old, we can all still learn a lesson. You are never too old to be corrected and never too old to learn something new. So, with that, Mr. Speaker, I …

24 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker.

24 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

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I won’t use the full 20 minutes,

24 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. G ood evening to this Honourable House and to the listening audience. I first want to start, I don’t know if it is a saying, but I picked this up in an article, Mr. Speaker. It starts, A society that is self -discipline d requires less policing. That should always be the aim. I say that …

24 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

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—I remember those days in school, Mr. Speaker, when if you did something wrong you got lashed or you got corrected. You know, at my school you got sent . . . well, the teacher could deal with you and then you got sent to the principal’s office and worse—

24 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

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—you get home! Mr. Speaker, you got cracked three times. And for me it was worse because my momma was a teacher. So I couldn’t get away from it.

24 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

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Oh, don’t worry. [Laughter]

24 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker, [you] would know this very well. The first day of every school year he told that teacher, If my son is a problem, you crack him, let me know, and I will deal with him at home. B ut, Mr. Speaker, I look back and that made me who I am today. Without those cracks, those . . …

24 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

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You know, even before cars, Mr. Speaker. [Laughter]