Parliament Quotes · Page 5

Simple people can bring very good knowledge to Parliament because they know the ground.

— Tan Cheng Bock

Fortune may have yet a better success in reserve for you and they who lose today may win tomorrow.

— Miguel de Cervantes

European Parliament should not be involved in foreign politics.

— Geert Wilders

The representatives of people become uncrowned kings and queens once they get into Parliament.

— Arvind Kejriwal

It's not just parliament that requires radical modernisation. It's our democratic processes.

— David Blunkett

I'm of the opinion that one of the perks of being in Parliament is not having to do the school run.

— Jacob Rees-Mogg

When I'm in office I always keep Members of Parliament talking. If they stopped they might start thinking.

— Winston Churchill

I was the chairman of the IT committee of Parliament for 5 years.

— Anurag Thakur

The common man, no matter how sharp and tough, actually enjoys having the wool pulled over his eyes, and makes it easier…

— P. T. Barnum

I have been inspired by the way that Ken Clarke has navigated parliament. I am actively looking across the House for people…

— Layla Moran

We have to make it clear that one, two or even three BNP MEPs elected to Brussels will have very little effect…

— Steve Blake

Our armed forces, not our parliament of dunces, are our pride. Doubting our armed forces' integrity and honesty is a disgraceful travesty.

— Victor Banerjee

“Politics is a matter of desires and personal feelings or emotions, only parliament tries to bring reason into the state.”

— Mwanandeke Kindembo

I said in my inaugural address that I am not the Council's secretary, nor am I the Parliament's lackey. That can sometimes…

— Jean-Claude Juncker

[To the South African parliament:] I do not know why we equate - and with the examples before us - a white…

— Helen Suzman

People feel that the EU is a one-way process, a great machine that sucks up decision-making from national parliaments to the European…

— William Hague

Post-genocide Rwanda has managed to implement a good universal health insurance scheme that covers a large proportion of the population. This came…

— Mary Robinson

To decide once every few years which members of the ruling class is to repress and crush the people through parliament-this is…

— Vladimir Lenin

I shall not miss the hectoring and backbiting and the lack of generosity towards fallen foes, but I will miss the sheer…

— Ann Widdecombe

So fully am I impressed with the vast importance and necessity of attaining what will be the object of my motion this…

— Charles James Fox

We need to review the process for the election of Speaker. We've got to reform Question Time, which is really a waste…

— Richard Di Natale

The sanction of force stands behind the medley of personal orders and regulations of Martial Law. The sanction of the people's consent…

— Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

Prime ministers require the hide of a rhinoceros, the morals of St. Francis, the patience of Job, the wisdom of Solomon, the…

— Lester B. Pearson

Michelle Landr is a fabulous member of Parliament. She is a true representative of that community. She's a classic middle-of-the-road Australian who…

— George Brandis

Like, when we did Parliament and Funkadelic and Bootsy, it was actually one thing. But there were so many people that you…

— Gary Snyder

Naturally, the common people don't want war ... but after all it is the leaders of a country who determine the policy,…

— Hermann Goring

We have reached a stage where governments and political processes have been hijacked by the corporate world. Corporations can within five hours…

— Vandana Shiva

I am confident that you brothers in parliament will champion the will of the people over that of the occupier.

— Muqtada al Sadr

Acts of terror have never brought down liberal democracies. Acts of parliament have closed a few.

— William Eldridge Odom

To engage all sides of Parliament in a common national cause is not unpatriotic.

— Nicholas Soames

The secret of the demagogue is to make himself as stupid as his audience so they believe they are clever as he.

— Karl Kraus

Parliament is more than procedure - it is the custodian of the nation's freedom.

— John Diefenbaker

No one should be allowed to stand for Parliament without proof that he has taken responsibility for other people.

— John Rhys-Davies

Improved turnout will give parliament and government the appearance of being more legitimate.

— Peter Lynch

We never said that we don't have faith in Parliament. We have great respect for Parliament.

— Arvind Kejriwal

May the soul of the late President Milton Obote... a long-time member of this parliament, rest in peace.

— Yoweri Museveni

“...when scores of indicted criminals sit in parliament who could believe in the rule of law...”

— Donna Leon

Iranians launched their constitutional revolution in 1906 and established their parliament soon afterward.

— Stephen Kinzer

Parliament must not be told a direct untruth, but its quite possible to allow them to mislead themselves.

— Norman Tebbit

I was elected to Parliament as a Conservative three times, most recently in 2017.

— Nick Boles