It is not the Government, the members of Parliament to…

If the members of parliament no longer consider themselves mandatories of the taxpayers but deputies of those receiving salaries, wages, subsidies, doles, and other…

— Ludwig von Mises

Democracy has at least one merit, namely that a Member of Parliament cannot be stupider than his constituents, for the more stupid he is,…

— Bertrand Russell

The Bill of Rights was intended to secure freedom of speech - the freedom of speech of members of parliament to speak freely rather…

— William Hague

There are hundreds of Canadian communities that have given more thought to hiring their rink manager than they have to electing their member of…

— Preston Manning

Parliament is a deliberative assembly of one nation.You choose a Member indeed; but when you have chosen him, heisnotthe Member for Bristol, but heisa…

— Edmund Burke

Bassett was a member of parliament and a cousin on my father's side of the family. My father delivered him and it became plain…

— David Lange

My grandfather was a member of Parliament for 40 years. Obviously we're talking here South Africa, a whites only parliament. I grew up in…

— William Kentridge

A man whose desire is to be something separate from himself, to be a member of Parliament, or a successful grocer, or a prominent…

— Oscar Wilde

In Afghanistan, there have been a lot of teachers assassinated, schools are being blown up, girls are harassed and in some cases, attacked on…

— Deborah Ellis

The English people think they are free; they are greatly deceived; they are free only during the election of members of Parliament.

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

We have decreased the salaries of everybody who partakes in politics, from the president to the prime minister to the MPs [members of Parliament].…

— Antonis Samaras

Since the 1950s (until the early 1990s), girls in Kabul and other cities attended schools. Half of university students were women, and women made…

— Eleanor Smeal

No doubt, you've got a parliament now - I mean, Malcolm Turnbull says he'll work with the parliament he's got. He's got a parliament…

— Tony Burke

A member of Parliament to Disraeli: 'Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease.' That depends, Sir,' said Disraeli,…

— Benjamin Disraeli

Parliament is not a congress of ambassadors from different and hostile interests; which interests each must maintain, as an agent and advocate, against other…

— Edmund Burke