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
We have never said that we want to challenge the institution of Parliament. — Arvind Kejriwal Copy Share Image
We ought not to decide hastily against the words of an Act of Parliament. — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
When I entered federal parliament at the end of 2007, I was appointed parliamentary secretary for disabilities. — Bill Shorten Copy Share Image
To plunder, to lie, to show your arse, are three essentials for climbing high. — Aristophanes Copy Share Image
I've been in Parliament since 1983, and I've been involved in many issues over the time. — Jeremy Corbyn Copy Share Image
To enlist the support of the people and of parliament, you only have to propose a profitable villainy. — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
If we look at governments around the world, we see that the higher the women's percentage is in parliament, the more funding… — Swanee Hunt Copy Share Image
In uncertain times, it is of heightened importance that our elected representatives exercise their democratic duty and use all levers at parliament's… — Gina Miller Copy Share Image
What sort of politics you people do? Such is the way of all parliaments: one can sense even beforehand the trend of… — Sri Aurobindo Copy Share Image
We need to make it safe to cycle across London. Why not pedestrianise parts of London like Oxford Street and Parliament Square?… — Sadiq Khan Copy Share Image
“The real purpose of the opposition is to minimize the amount of money the ruling party will have stolen from the people… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
One of the criteria by which we measure the worth of public figures is whether or not their brand of bull is… — John MacLachlan Gray Copy Share Image
It is not the Government, the members of Parliament to whom the ultimate decision belongs, it is up to you to go… — John Amery Copy Share Image
While not widely reported, our victories in Iraq are plentiful. National elections, a democratic parliament and the drafting of a constitution are… — Paul Gillmor Copy Share Image
There is not in the British empire a man who more cordially loves a union with Great Britain than I do. But… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The office of Speaker is almost as ancient as Parliament itself. It emerged in the Middle Ages when the Commons - the… — John Allen Fraser Copy Share Image
The English people believes itself to be free; it is gravely mistaken; it is free only during election of members of parliament;… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
As to the question of elected or not elected, each member of the European Commission has been appointed jointly by the governments… — Mario Monti Copy Share Image
It is important that the decorum and dignity of the House is upheld at all times. The image of Parliament in the… — Pratibha Patil Copy Share Image
I was by birth a gentleman, living neither in any considerable height, nor yet in obscurity. I have been called to several… — Oliver Cromwell Copy Share Image
Braveheart is pure Australian shiteWilliam Wallace was a spy, a thief, a blackmailer - a c**t basically. And people are swallowing it.… — Billy Connolly Copy Share Image
Countries with more gender equality have better economic growth. Companies with more women leaders perform better. Peace agreements that include women are… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
I am an Orangeman first and a politician and member of this parliament [Stormont] afterwards. — William Lane Craig Copy Share Image
I don't want to privatise part of the parliament, like some people in Russia. — Victor Pinchuk Copy Share Image
Government cannot tax what Parliament does not approve, but Parliament cannot approve what it does not know. — Pierre Poilievre Copy Share Image
No minister should be able to whisk through Parliament agreements that are negotiated behind closed doors. — Barry Gardiner Copy Share Image
I trust Canadians' capacity to determine who will sit in their Parliament. — Justin Trudeau Copy Share Image
Well it's not a matter for me to say what Llew Smith can or cannot do, he's an elected Member of Parliament. — Ron Davies Copy Share Image
It is important that South Africans of all political persuasions be represented in Parliament. — Cyril Ramaphosa Copy Share Image
I still cherish the memory of walking into the Parliament for the first time. — Preneet Kaur Copy Share Image
I've been in the Labour Party 50 years and it's 40-odd since I was elected to Parliament — Roy Hattersley Copy Share Image
There's not enough of us in the Northern Territory in Federal Parliament to squabble. — Nigel Scullion Copy Share Image
We were asked to host the Pan African Parliament and we agreed to this. — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
One consistent thing in an otherwise inconsistent career is that I've always been passionate about parliament. — John Bercow Copy Share Image
In the parliament of the present every man represents a constituency of the past. — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
In all my 26 years in Parliament, we had referred to Mr. Ong Teng Cheong as the first Elected President. — Tan Cheng Bock Copy Share Image
American missionaries have free rein in Uganda. They can go anywhere they please - schools, hospitals, parliament. — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image