Parliament Quotes · Page 8

I'm of the opinion that one of the perks of being in Parliament is not having to do the school run.

— Jacob Rees-Mogg

The pre-war empire had been sufficiently informal and sufficiently cheap for Parliament to claim authority over it without having to concern itself…

— Linda Colley

Here in Europe some of the challenges have to do with structures that are so complicated. You've got Brussels, and you've got…

— Barack Obama

I mean getting into parliament was quite an achievement in itself and then I have to pinch myself at the thought of…

— Angela Rayner

I believe that adulterers should be stoned to death. I believe that we should cut the hands off of thieves. I believe…

— Anjem Choudary

We enter parliament in order to supply ourselves, in the arsenal of democracy, with its own weapons. If democracy is so stupid…

— Joseph Goebbels

It is not the Government, the members of Parliament to whom the ultimate decision belongs, it is up to you to go…

— John Amery

We ourselves of the present age, chose our common law, and consented to the most ancient Acts of Parliament, for we lived…

— Robert Atkyns

On a craggy bluff above the majestic Ottawa River stands the remarkable embodiment of our system of governance: Parliament.

— John Allen Fraser

My grandfather was a member of Parliament for 40 years. Obviously we're talking here South Africa, a whites only parliament. I grew…

— William Kentridge

We cannot insure success, but we can deserve it.

— Anonymous

If we had a vote in parliament, the majority of MPs would not vote for a hard Brexit.

— Anna Soubry

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

I may not have succeeded in halting the war, but I did secure the right of parliament to decide on war.

— Robin Cook

I am very proud of our Supreme Court - it is one of the best worldwide. Nevertheless, since the 1990s, we have…

— Ayelet Shaked

Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments

— Benjamin Franklin

The English king's power was curbed by Parliament, though that wasn't always a good thing, as politicians often behave no better than…

— Karen Maitland

I could not disobey the will of the Catalan parliament.

— Carles Puigdemont

No expense has been incurred but what has been approved of and provided for by Parliament.

— Robert Walpole

The idea that Parliament somehow wasn't going to be able to discuss, debate, question issues around (Brexit) was frankly completely wrong.

— Theresa May

I am a man of parliament, a man of the people. I am not a representative of the executives.

— Martin Schulz

Democracy is a precious thing and the rights of parliament are a precious thing.

— Nicky Morgan

“We are made up of an entire parliament of pieces and parts and subsystems. Beyond a collection of local expert systems, we…

— David Eagleman

But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to…

— Hermann Goring

The only way out [of international dictatorship] is to place international law above governments, which means [...] that there must be a…

— Albert Camus