After 30 years in Brussels, I can tell you: The relationship between the Commission and the Parliament has probably never been as… — Jean-Claude Juncker 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
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
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
History is rich with adventurous men, long on charisma, with a highly developed instinct for their own interests, who have pursued personal… — Umberto Eco 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
This is crossing the Rubicon, after which there will be no more sovereign states in Europe with fully-fledged governments and parliaments which… — Vaclav Klaus Copy Share Image
The attractive idea that we can now have a parliament of man with authority to control the conduct of nations by legislation… — Elihu Root Copy Share Image
I think there has only ever been one member of the Federal Parliament from either side found to have been corrupt in… — George Brandis Copy Share Image
It is wonderful how preposterously the affairs of the world are managed. We assemble parliaments and councils to have the benefit of… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
I would say to the people of Queensland, and to all listeners around the country, is that if you want stable government… — George Brandis Copy Share Image
And obviously, with hindsight now, now knowing what went on in the company, it would have been absolutely appropriate back then for… — Tom A. Watson Copy Share Image
Pakistan has not recognized Israel... any such decision would be taken in supreme national interests after due consultation of the parliament. — Shaukat Aziz 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 still believe in what I believed in for 20 years as a Socialist in Parliament, and being a Socialist is not… — Salvador Allende Copy Share Image
We used to actually kill each other before we discovered rhetoric in words. If you look at other countries, there are people… — Greg Gutfeld 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
With a close parliament, if the Government wants to get a good outcome for the nation, they can't play a game of… — Tony Burke 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 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
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've never been in parliament as a National, I gave up smoking about the same time [and] I've rid myself of two… — Tony Windsor 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 more the linguistic Babel corroded and disorganized parliament, the closer drew the inevitable hour of the disintegration of this Babylonian Empire,… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
The issue here is not gun control. And it's not even astronomical cost overruns, although those are serious. What's really inexcusable is… — Sheila Fraser 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
Until the control of the issue of currency and credit is restored to government and recognized as its most conspicuous and sacred… — William Lyon Mackenzie King Copy Share Image
We're going to prevent politics from abusing the parliament and going off playing politics around the country when they should be here… — Tony Burke Copy Share Image
When you come to Parliament on your first day, you wonder how you ever got here. After that, you wonder how the… — John Diefenbaker Copy Share Image
[T]he dignity of parliament it seems can brook no opposition to it's power. Strange that a set of men who have made… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“Parliament may as well close down if a few men between them are to be allowed to own the entire Press of… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
I can't tell you how many times I've turned to Parliament Funkadelic for inspiration and actually just outright and replayed or sampled… — Too Short Copy Share Image
Labour completely accepts and recognises the vote to leave the EU. The question is what is the agenda for that process and… — Theresa May 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
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