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 have in the last two years, we have passed 350 legislation in the parliament, most of which deal with democratization, human… — Bulent Ecevit Copy Share Image
Everybody is a political person, whether you say something or you are silent. A political attitude is not whether you go to… — Paulo Coelho 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
“Oh, my dear, love isn't always the coup de foudre --the lightning strike. Sometimes it happens quietly, so quitely you may not… — Julia Justiss Copy Share Image
Parliament must do a better job at holding the Government to account than it managed in the Article 50 debates. — Clive Lewis Copy Share Image
There are hundreds of Canadian communities that have given more thought to hiring their rink manager than they have to electing their… — Preston Manning Copy Share Image
Our armed forces, not our parliament of dunces, are our pride. Doubting our armed forces' integrity and honesty is a disgraceful travesty. — Victor Banerjee Copy Share Image
I know I'm not a showy politician... I don't go drinking in parliament's bars. I don't wear my heart on my sleeve,… — Theresa May Copy Share Image
It is with deep regret that the determination to assemble Parliament has been so long delayed. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Now, I think that in acknowledging that every individual Member of Parliament and indeed every individual member of the Labour Party, has… — Ron Davies Copy Share Image
If politicians continue to promote separatism in Australia, they should not continue to hold their seats in this parliament. They are not… — Pauline Hanson 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
If we are to avoid that catastrophe [a nuclear World War III], a system of world order — preferably a system of… — Walter Cronkite Copy Share Image
Only that Swiss in the heart want still a king or at least a strong Upper House of Parliament. Swiss long themselves… — Peter Bichsel Copy Share Image
There's going to be a new code on Parliament Hill: bend the rules, you will be punished; break the law, you will… — Stephen Harper Copy Share Image
The old shepherd had died, or got drunk, or got rats, or got the sack, or a legacy, or got sane, or… — Henry Lawson Copy Share Image
We have never said that we want to challenge the institution of Parliament. — Arvind Kejriwal Copy Share Image
Congress is hard to deal with, dealing with, you know, multiple parliaments and commissions and unions and this and that and the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Would it be possible to stand still on one spot more majestically -- while simulating a triumphant march forward -- than it… — Alexander Herzen Copy Share Image
I have said consistently in my 16-and-a-half years in the parliament, I have always supported the party room's decision and the party… — Nick Minchin Copy Share Image
People must not do things for fun. We are not here for fun. There is no reference to fun in any Act… — A. P. Herbert Copy Share Image
I am totally in favour of reform - but it must be reform that changes the nature of British politics, not simply… — David Blunkett Copy Share Image
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
We all know what Parliament is, and we are all ashamed of it. — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image