The public treasure has been duly applied to the uses to which it was appropriated by Parliament, and regular accounts have been… — Robert Walpole Copy Share Image
I will take a short time out from being in Parliament when the baby is born but I'll still be doing my… — Lucy Powell Copy Share Image
The Bill of Rights was intended to secure freedom of speech - the freedom of speech of members of parliament to speak… — William Hague Copy Share Image
[Proportional representation is a] device for defeating democracy, the principle of which was that the majority should rule, and for bringing faddists… — David Lloyd George 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
Democracy has at least one merit, namely that a Member of Parliament cannot be stupider than his constituents, for the more stupid… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
In Britain the government has to come down in front of Parliament every day to explain its actions, but here the President… — Bella Abzug Copy Share Image
We have used the presence of UNMIK, as well as other European and American agencies to establish a legal framework compatible with… — Ibrahim Rugova Copy Share Image
Parliaments have stopped laughing at woman suffrage, and politicians have begun to dodge! It is the inevitable premonition of coming victory. — Carrie Chapman Catt Copy Share Image
I invite President Assad to come to Jerusalem and to speak with me, with our parliament, with whomever he wants to speak… — Yitzhak Rabin Copy Share Image
Look at the European Parliament. There are a lot of people who are looking for simplistic solutions, for - who are sort… — Angela Merkel 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
To plunder, to lie, to show your arse, are three essentials for climbing high. — Aristophanes Copy Share Image
I think the state opening of Parliament is an incredibly important occasion, and broadly speaking, the way in which it's done is… — John Bercow 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
If nominated by either party, I should peremptorily decline, and even if unanimously elected, I should decline to serve. — William Tecumseh Sherman Copy Share Image
Representative democracy frequently manifests a disconnect between parliamentarians and the people, so that parliamentarians have agendas that do not correspond with the… — Alfred-Maurice de Zayas Copy Share Image
Civility is perhaps a quaint notion but civility in Parliament is something we should always strive to uphold. — Jay Weatherill Copy Share Image
Democracy isn't solely about polite conversations in parliaments. It needs to be continually refreshed with raw passions, anger and ideals. — Geoff Mulgan Copy Share Image
Parliament itself would not exist in its present form had people not defied the law. — Arthur Scargill Copy Share Image
My party was the only party that opposed the bifurcation of the state in Parliament, and I was suspended from the House… — Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy Copy Share Image
What happens when there is a conflict between the Scottish parliament, if it was established, and the Westminster parliament? Who is supreme? — John Major Copy Share Image
The House of Commons is called the Lower House, in twenty Acts of Parliament; but what are twenty Acts of Parliament amongst… — John Selden Copy Share Image
Not everyone voted for me, but the fact that we have so far approximately 32 seats in the 50 seat parliament demonstrates… — Frank Bainimarama Copy Share Image
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