If the government is vulnerable to public opinion, then famines are a dreadfully bad thing to have. You cant win many elections… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
This London City, with all of its houses, palaces, steam-engines, cathedrals, and huge immeasurable traffic an tumult, what is it but a… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
We are aware that it is said, that woman is virtually represented in Parliament, her interests being the same as those of… — Marion Kirkland Reid Copy Share Image
“Parliament will also struggle with Shakespeare. Rappers stutter too when they flirt. The palms of poised politicians sweat. Police officers fart. Princesses… — Karl Kristian Flores Copy Share Image
And obviously, with hindsight now, now knowing what went on in the company, it would have been absolutely appropriate back then for… — Tom A. Watson Copy Share Image
I represent 100,000 people in Parliament. I have roughly 500 members in my local association and roughly 60 people on my executive.… — Nick Boles Copy Share Image
Politics is about power. It is about the power of the state. It is about the power of the state as applied… — Kevin Rudd Copy Share Image
I would say to the people of Queensland, and to all listeners around the country, is that if you want stable government… — George Brandis Copy Share Image
Compare the scale and magnifcence of Versailles with St James's - the brick-built hovel in which the 18th-century kings of England lived.… — David Starkey Copy Share Image
We are beckoned to see the world through a one-way mirror, as if we are threatened and innocent and the rest of… — John Pilger Copy Share Image
Mein Kampf, this terrible book of Adolph Hitler is outlawed. I made a point in the Dutch parliament that I say to… — Geert Wilders Copy Share Image
What Americans were really objecting to had nothing to do with constitutional principles. their objection was not to Parliament's constitutional right to… — Bernard Bailyn Copy Share Image
I'm going to reduce the size of the Cabinet, cut the number of ministers, reduce the size of the House of Commons,… — William Hague Copy Share Image
Parliament is for discussion. Parliament is to show dissent. Parliament is to give an argument for one's opposition, to present an argument… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
Dont teach my boy poetry, an English mother recently wrote the Provost of Harrow. Dont teach my boy poetry; he is going… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
This is crossing the Rubicon, after which there will be no more sovereign states in Europe with fully-fledged governments and parliaments which… — Vaclav Klaus Copy Share Image
Politics is a dynamic process. When I was a young man in the 1970s, Yasser Arafat had just perpetrated various terrorist attacks.… — Martin Schulz Copy Share Image
It is wonderful how preposterously the affairs of the world are managed. We assemble parliaments and councils to have the benefit of… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
I think there has only ever been one member of the Federal Parliament from either side found to have been corrupt in… — George Brandis Copy Share Image
The attractive idea that we can now have a parliament of man with authority to control the conduct of nations by legislation… — Elihu Root Copy Share Image
We have used the presence of UNMIK, as well as other European and American agencies to establish a legal framework compatible with… — Ibrahim Rugova Copy Share Image
Any attempts by any government to change Community legislation to its own wishes are doomed to failure following the extension of policy… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
A chair's function is not just to provide a place to sit; it is to provide a medium for self-expression. Chairs are… — Evan Davis Copy Share Image
An attitude of permanent indignation signifies great mental poverty. Politics compels it votaries to take that line and you can see their… — Paul Valery Copy Share Image
I was the deputy Chairman of the Democratic Union of the Pacific, and we started at 8 I think and I was… — Kamisese Mara Copy Share Image
It is not because a part of the government is elective, that makes it less a despotism, if the persons so elected,… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Is there some reason why the quality of people going into the parliament is not as high? I don't know the complete… — Bob Hawke Copy Share Image
Fascists are flourishing politically in France and Italy, and now comes the murder of Pim Fortuyn, a populist politician who might have… — David Pryce-Jones Copy Share Image
We got our revolution out of the way long before the French and the Americans. The monarchy was restored, but the sovereignty… — Robert Webb Copy Share Image
“The real power in Ottawa, as in Washington, is in the executive branch. At the White House, there are daily briefings for… — Lawrence Martin Copy Share Image
The ruling quality of leaders adaptive capacity, is what allows true leaders to make the nimble decisions that bring success. Adaptive capacity… — Warren G Copy Share Image
I agree that Scott Lively is marginal, and that is exactly why evangelicals must not let him speak for them. But in… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
We have no functioning parliament in Egypt and months ago Mohammed Morsi assumed legislative functions. Now he's decided that there should be… — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
To all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces, to those who are huddled around radios in the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The characteristic merit of the English constitutions is, that its dignified parts are very complicated and somewhat imposing, very old and rather… — Walter Bagehot Copy Share Image
The situation in Greece just goes from bad to worse. We’ve now got a situation where there was the big suicide a… — Nigel Farage Copy Share Image
It goes to local authorities and even to members of Parliament so that individual citizens almost become people who want to sit… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
In many European countries we have populist indirect democratic systems. The people elect, in a proportionate manner, a parliament. The parliament with… — Torbjorn Tannsjo Copy Share Image
My objective is that before the end of the millennium Europe should have a true federation. The Commission should become a political… — Jacques Delors Copy Share Image
We need some rules changes. This is an outrage that this, the oldest democracy has now, you know, ranked - when I… — Eleanor Smeal Copy Share Image