Parliament Quotes · Page 5

Common European thought is the fruit of the immense toil of translators. Without translators, Europe would not exist; translators are more important…

— Milan Kundera

Fascists are flourishing politically in France and Italy, and now comes the murder of Pim Fortuyn, a populist politician who might have…

— David Pryce-Jones

I must say that when I first learned of the existence of the Australian Greenhouse Office, I assumed it was responsible for…

— Nick Minchin

Some members of both Houses have, it is true, been removed from their employments under the Crown; but were they ever told,…

— Robert Walpole

[The British constitution] presumes more boldly than any other the good sense and the good faith of those who work it.

— William E. Gladstone

The responsibility of a minister is to step aside when there is a criminal investigation of the department. That protects the propriety…

— Jack Layton

I was by birth a gentleman, living neither in any considerable height, nor yet in obscurity. I have been called to several…

— Oliver Cromwell

After that his Majesty was beheaded, the Parliament for some years effected nothing either for the publick peace or tranquillity of the…

— William Lilly

Schulz told lies in German, and it's unfortunate someone can speak German in this house, but it is our responsibility to stand…

— Uri Orbach

I won't have you electioneering on my doorstep. Every time you get in trouble in Parliament you run over here with your…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

If we are going to have a bicameral parliament, I think there should always be a reserved place for people whose background…

— Neil Kinnock

I was the chairman of the IT committee of Parliament for 5 years.

— Anurag Thakur

It's not just parliament that requires radical modernisation. It's our democratic processes.

— David Blunkett

Parliaments cannot right the world; but enough individuals feeling love can.

— Lester Levenson

Inevitably, the role of being a backbench Member of Parliament is completely different from being a minister bound by collective responsibility.

— Nicky Morgan

Political union means transferring the prerogatives of national legislatures to the European parliament, which would then decide how to structure Europe's fiscal,…

— Barry Eichengreen

Parliament was an institution of enormous standing when I was aspiring to go in. It isn't now.

— Ann Widdecombe

I am seeking every day to restore faith in Parliament - to ensure we have a House of Commons which is representative,…

— John Bercow

Well, we know that eighteen years after that solemn declaration it was disregarded, and the Irish Parliament, which lasted for five hundred…

— John Edward Redmond

An attitude of permanent indignation signifies great mental poverty. Politics compels it votaries to take that line and you can see their…

— Paul Valery

When I first arrived at the Matignon, my desire was to reconcile Parliament and De Gaulle. I had forgotten only two things.…

— Georges Pompidou

I believe in peace-building in any kind of platform, be it a political platform like Parliament or negotiations like peace-building negotiations.

— Safak Pavey

What is Parliament for if it is not to be a means to make ministers accountable for the services for which they…

— Michael Howard

We are a constitutional monarchy. I don't order laws, I propose them. Article 35 of our constitution states that the king can…

— Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

I cannot... perceive any ground for hoping that any practical good would, while the funding system exists in its present extent, result…

— William Cobbett