I stood for parliament with the amazing support and help of my ex-husband, but it's not something that was handed to me… — Louise Mensch Copy Share Image
When we fled from the oppressions of kings and parliaments in Europe, to found this great Republic in America, we brought with… — Caleb Cushing Copy Share Image
It has been the greatest privilege of my adult and public life to have served, for 32 years, as the Member of… — Charles Kennedy Copy Share Image
Basically, I have no place in organized politics. By coming to the British Parliament, I've allowed the people to sacrifice me at… — Bernadette Devlin Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Notwithstanding all the care and anxiety of the persons who frame Acts of Parliament to guard against every event, it frequently turns… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
Since I was first elected to Parliament in 2010, I have witnessed appalling attacks on Jewish people, including my fellow MPs. — Luciana Berger Copy Share Image
The idea that Parliament somehow wasn't going to be able to discuss, debate, question issues around (Brexit) was frankly completely wrong. — Theresa May Copy Share Image
Just as radical heirs apparent are said to lay aside all inconvenient revolutionary opinions when they come to the throne, it was… — Millicent Fawcett Copy Share Image
I don't want to be a lobbyist. I want to provide strategic advice to companies. I said both of those things in… — Geoff Hoon Copy Share Image
There are three estates in Parliament but in the Reporters' Gallery yonder there sits a Fourth Estate more important far than they… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
So is the English Parliament provincial. Mere country bumpkins, they betray themselves, when any more important question arises for them to settle,… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I tend to discourage people from calling me 'Sir Ian,' because I don't like being separated out from the rest of the… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
Australia was once a leader in taking global warming seriously. The former PM [Kevin Rudd] called it 'greatest moral challenge of our… — Tim Winton Copy Share Image
The kind of people I myself represent in parliament; salary earners, shopkeepers, skilled artisans, professional men and women, farmers and so on,… — Robert Menzies Copy Share Image
I've got four lovely children, ten lovely grandchildren, and I left parliament to devote more time to politics, and I think that… — Tony Benn Copy Share Image
It's not just a question of numbers. There will be more women (in parliament) who are conscious of women's rights ... There… — Hanan Ashrawi Copy Share Image
No stops are ever inserted in Acts of Parliament, or in deeds; but the Courts of law, in construing them, must read… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
We are demonstrating for services for all the people and not just services for money. It's very important that this message goes… — John Monks Copy Share Image
The protection of our liberties does not ultimately depend on parliaments or even the courts. It depends on the love of the… — Michael Kirby Copy Share Image
After the war, prompted by the Cardinal Archbishop of Paris, I entered Parliament so that a priest could speak out for the… — Abbe Pierre Copy Share Image
I happened to be one of those who thought all these expenses necessary, and I had the good fortune to have the… — Robert Walpole Copy Share Image
“There are times when wisdom cannot be found in the chambers of parliament or the halls of academia but at the unpretentious… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is a tendency for the British establishment to work out everything very carefully and then present it to parliament as 'a… — Crispin Blunt Copy Share Image
Victorian society was homogeneous without being homogenized. It was, to paraphrase the epigram about Parliament, a society of extreme eccentrics who agreed… — Kenneth Rexroth Copy Share Image
Burke said there were Three Estates in Parliament; but, in the Reporter's gallery yonder, there sat a fourth estate more important far… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
And think of how we challenged the idea of a male dominated Parliament with All-Women shortlists and made the cause of gender… — Ed Miliband Copy Share Image
There can be no place in a 21st-century parliament for people with 15th-century titles upholding 19th-century prejudices. — Paddy Ashdown Copy Share Image
[After her election to the British Parliament and being welcomed to 'the most exclusive men's club in Europe':] It won't be exclusive… — Nancy Astor Copy Share Image
I am well aware of the politics of Uttar Pradesh, as I have had multiple stints as a member of Parliament. I… — Yogi Adityanath Copy Share Image
Gadhafi has established no national institutions, not even allowing a fake parliament of the Mubarak or Ben Ali variety that could perhaps… — Elliott Abrams Copy Share Image
I am half-surprised to find that as I go on I get more and more confirmed in the old advanced Liberal principles,… — Henry Campbell-Bannerman Copy Share Image
We are in a democracy, and I think for all issues, whatever matters that the opposition may have apprehension on, there is… — Pallam Raju Copy Share Image
My personal view is always I'm in favour of anything that gives parliament a greater say. That's after all what we were… — Iain Duncan Smith Copy Share Image
I'm a person who promotes the concept of accountability to a great extent, and I've spoken in the Parliament and reinforced the… — Vijay Mallya Copy Share Image
We will have to embark on a change so radical, a revolution so quiet and yet so total, that it will go… — Edward Heath Copy Share Image
It seems like cloud cuckoo land. If anyone is suggesting that I would go to Parliament and suggest the abolition of the… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
That is why if Lebanon concludes a peace agreement with Israel and brings that accord to the Parliament our deputies will reject… — Hassan Nasrallah Copy Share Image
Remember: real politics isn't about figureheads and seats in parliament. Real politics is about ideas. And there can be no doubt regarding… — Rutger Bregman Copy Share Image
The English king's power was curbed by Parliament, though that wasn't always a good thing, as politicians often behave no better than… — Karen Maitland Copy Share Image
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