Malcolm Turnbull got a majority in the parliament that he is trying to ignore and lock his own members of parliament into… — Tony Burke Copy Share Image
People in Parliament occupy themselves with private animosities and petty quarrels, and think little of the national interest. It is impossible to… — William III of England Copy Share Image
Parliament's job is to conduct discussions. But many a time, Parliament is used to ignore issues, and in such situations, obstruction of… — Arun Jaitley Copy Share Image
The great theme of modern British history is the fate of freedom. The 18th century inherits, after the Civil War, this very… — Simon Schama Copy Share Image
Does not all the world know that when in autumn the Bismarcks of the world, or they who are bigger than Bismarcks,… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
The mark of a single currency is not only that all other currencies must be extinguished but that the capacity of other… — Norman Tebbit Copy Share Image
“At the order of the Lord Trustees a parliament is again to be held in Savannah on the 2nd of March, for… — Johann Martin Boltzius Copy Share Image
Human rights did not begin with the French Revolution...[they] really stem from a mixture of Judaism and Christianity...[we English] had 1688, our… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
We cannot be happy without being free; we cannot be free without being secure in our property; we cannot be secure in… — John Dickinson Copy Share Image
When girls in Canada dream about becoming members of parliament, they have a pretty good expectation that parliament is going to be… — Deborah Ellis Copy Share Image
You see how this House of Commons has begun to verify all the ill prophecies that were made of it - low,… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
There are lots of things one can criticise about the European parliament, but it does work pretty well in terms of the… — Caroline Lucas Copy Share Image
Back in 1956, we signed a treaty and surprisingly it was ratified both by the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union and… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
The understanding between a non-technical writer and his reader is that he shall talk more or less like a human being and… — Arthur Eddington Copy Share Image
We have decreased the salaries of everybody who partakes in politics, from the president to the prime minister to the MPs [members… — Antonis Samaras Copy Share Image
There is something utterly nauseating about a system of society which pays a harlot 25 times as much as it pays its… — Harold Wilson Copy Share Image
“In 1828 the British historian Macaulay dubbed the press gallery in Parliament a ‘fourth estate’ of the realm. Today the news media… — Ian Hargreaves Copy Share Image
The power of discretionary disqualification by one law of Parliament, and the necessity of paying every debt of the Civil List by… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
Each Act of Parliament intended to address harassment and discrimination has faced objections on the basis of 'you'll never be able to… — Tim Field Copy Share Image
[W]hen the resolution of enslaving America was formed in Great Britain, the British Parliament was advised by an artful man, who was… — George Mason Copy Share Image
Every British Subject born on the continent of America, or in any other of the British dominions, is by the law of… — James Otis Copy Share Image
The entire animal rights movement in the United States reacted with unfettered glee at the Ban in England ...We view this act… — Wayne Pacelle Copy Share Image
The pre-war empire had been sufficiently informal and sufficiently cheap for Parliament to claim authority over it without having to concern itself… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
From the woman who musters the courage to ask her husband to wear a condom, counter to cultural pressures, to the woman… — Purnima Mane Copy Share Image
Well, we know that eighteen years after that solemn declaration it was disregarded, and the Irish Parliament, which lasted for five hundred… — John Edward Redmond Copy Share Image
Let these truths be indelibly impressed on our minds — that we cannot be happy, without being FREE — that we cannot… — John Dickinson Copy Share Image