Alcohol is a very necessary article. It enables Parliament to do things at eleven at night that no sane person would do… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
I worked as long in a fish and chip shop as I did in Parliament. I've had particular experiences in politics, but… — Jacinda Ardern Copy Share Image
A Parliament is that to the Commonwealth which the soul is to the body. It behoves us therefore to keep the facility… — John Pym Copy Share Image
I foresee a Liberal vote so massive and the number of Liberal MPs so great that we shall hold the initiative in… — David Steel Copy Share Image
[The British constitution] presumes more boldly than any other the good sense and the good faith of those who work it. — William E. Gladstone Copy Share Image
The President of the United States has a much wider power than the German Kaiser had, for he depended on parliament. — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
We need to have a bigger and more significant role for national parliaments. There is not, in my view, a single European… — David Cameron Copy Share Image
For comprehensive Earth action, an all-of-the-Earth representative democracy is required. That is, a global parliament. — Bob Brown Copy Share Image
When I am in the Scottish Parliament chamber, I often feel the need to sit for the entire debate. It's only courteous… — Margo MacDonald Copy Share Image
Women are not making it to the top. A hundred and ninety heads of state; nine are women. Of all the people… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
There should be some other provisions in the Constitution whereby if the Government is not functioning well, it can be dealt with.… — Nawaz Sharif Copy Share Image
Add the hippie-rock-drugs atmosphere circa 1970, and you get Clinton's rechristened group Parliament, decked out in weird costumes, singing cosmic lyrics and… — Eddie Griffin Copy Share Image
The boycott of parliamentary institutions on the part of anarchists and semianarchists is dictated by a desire not to submit their weakness… — Leon Trotsky Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to… — Hermann Goring Copy Share Image
Just as radical heirs apparent are said to lay aside all inconvenient revolutionary opinions when they come to the throne, it was… — Millicent Fawcett Copy Share Image
Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments. If we can get rid of the former, we may… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
We ourselves of the present age, chose our common law, and consented to the most ancient Acts of Parliament, for we lived… — Robert Atkyns Copy Share Image
I was thrown into the Parliament right away. From 1976 to 1978 I was concerned with the abortion issue, later on with… — Emma Bonino Copy Share Image
The Massachusetts Land Bank, during Colonial times, prospered, and brought prosperity to the community, until it was forcibly suppressed by special act… — John Buchanan Robinson Copy Share Image
The government can access these funds but only following approval by the parliament to support our budget requirements and investments in infrastructure… — Jose Ramos-Horta Copy Share Image
Common European thought is the fruit of the immense toil of translators. Without translators, Europe would not exist; translators are more important… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
I felt that if we, as the Met, were not intervening once one person starts digging up Parliament Square, then someone else… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If we are going to have a bicameral parliament, I think there should always be a reserved place for people whose background… — Neil Kinnock Copy Share Image
The English are very proud of their Parliament, and week in, week out, century after century, they have pretty good cause to… — Martha Gellhorn 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
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
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
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
[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
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
I stood for parliament with the amazing support and help of my ex-husband, but it's not something that was handed to me… — Louise Mensch Copy Share Image
It has been the greatest privilege of my adult and public life to have served, for 32 years, as the Member of… — Charles Kennedy 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
Notwithstanding all the care and anxiety of the persons who frame Acts of Parliament to guard against every event, it frequently turns… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
Since I was first elected to Parliament in 2010, I have witnessed appalling attacks on Jewish people, including my fellow MPs. — Luciana Berger Copy Share Image
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