There are occasions when obstruction in Parliament brings greater benefits to the country. — Arun Jaitley Copy Share Image
A Parliament is nothing less than a big meeting of more or less idle people. — Walter Bagehot 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 don't mind being a symbol but I don't want to become a monument. There are monuments all over the Parliament Buildings… — Tommy Douglas Copy Share Image
But please remember, that in 1991 in the Sejm [lower chamber of polish parliament] I didn't demand the abolishment of Special Economic… — Janusz Korwin-Mikke Copy Share Image
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 further, I tell you that the Jew is right, when he acts as he does - because we are too timid… — Julius Streicher Copy Share Image
But let's be clear. We're talking about a country where there's no opposition. As leader he can ignore Parliament and - sorry… — Rory Bremner Copy Share Image
I am glad to learn that the Parliament Bill has been passed for the Darlington Railway. — George Stephenson Copy Share Image
My task, as a member of this parliament and a 30-year member of the Australian Labor Party, as its former leader, as… — Kevin Rudd Copy Share Image
There is a real risk of a parliament dominated completely by elected PAP MPs. Is that a good outcome for Singapore? I… — Pritam Singh Copy Share Image
The urge to pass new laws must be seen as an illness, not much different from the urge to bite old women.… — Auberon Waugh Copy Share Image
Acts of terror have never brought down liberal democracies. Acts of parliament have closed a few. — William Eldridge Odom Copy Share Image
Europe has shown how government can be organised in a network. Its institutions both compete and co-operate and include a directly elected… — Geoff Mulgan Copy Share Image
I want to make all Europe and America know it – I want to make England feel her weakness if she refuses… — Daniel O'Connell Copy Share Image
Mein Kampf, this terrible book of Adolph Hitler is outlawed. I made a point in the Dutch parliament that I say to… — Geert Wilders Copy Share Image
We petitioned to get access to film [Suffragette] at the Houses of Parliament and we whooped with joy when we were allowed… — Sarah Gavron Copy Share Image
When the Canadian confederation took place in 1867, a lot of people in Quebec said, 'Could we have a referendum?' They said,… — Jacques Parizeau Copy Share Image
When we were told Brexit meant taking back powers for Parliament, no one told my constituents this meant the French parliament and… — Jo Johnson Copy Share Image
Back in 1956, we signed a treaty and surprisingly it was ratified both by the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union and… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
We got our revolution out of the way long before the French and the Americans. The monarchy was restored, but the sovereignty… — Robert Webb Copy Share Image
The unions still have a job to do, representing their members' interests to governments and parliaments. And I think collective agreements still… — Jacques Delors Copy Share Image
The mark of a single currency is not only that all other currencies must be extinguished but that the capacity of other… — Norman Tebbit Copy Share Image
If governments let themselves be fully bound by the decisions of their parliaments without protecting their own freedom to act, a breakup… — Mario Monti Copy Share Image
Individuals have little opportunity to get elected to Parliament under the label of the government party... unless they are in good standing… — Stockwell Day Copy Share Image