Parliament Quotes · Page 6

Any of us who wants to go to Parliament must have that responsibility to represent the people who voted us in.

— Tan Cheng Bock

There is no more striking illustration of the immobility of British institutions than the House of Commons.

— H. H. Asquith

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

— Robin Cook

If Parliament may take from me one shilling in the pound, what security have I for the other nineteen?

— Richard Henry Lee

I am resigning my post in the parliament. I have done this because I think it is the right thing to do.

— Sonia Gandhi

The real political life in Russia unfortunately is not in the parliament but on the streets and in the media.

— Garry Kasparov

To praise princes for virtues they do not possess is to insult them without fear of consequences.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

If you want to be a government in a minority Parliament, you have to work with other people.

— Stephen Harper

It is national parliaments, which are, and will remain, the true source of real democratic legitimacy and accountability in the EU.

— David Cameron

I grew up in Somalia, in Saudi Arabia, in Ethiopia, and in Kenya. I came to Europe in 1992, when I was…

— Ayaan Hirsi Ali

When you first come into Parliament, it's a daunting place because you feel you've so much to learn. Once you've been re-elected,…

— Theresa May

For me, arguably, the European Parliament is the best-functioning European institution. They are extremely good at law-making; they're extremely good at finding…

— Frans Timmermans

The suffragettes were women of action. Their motto was "Deeds not Words," and the film reflects that with a number of big…

— Sarah Gavron

You can have an elected parliament that makes laws, but if the judiciary is appointed by the Supreme Leader - who is…

— Azadeh Moaveni

And we've also had now the speaker of the Parliament in Iraq using blatantly anti-Semitic remarks, saying the Jews and sons of…

— Jan Schakowsky

Democracy has at least one merit, namely that a Member of Parliament cannot be stupider than his constituents, for the more stupid…

— Bertrand Russell

I knew it to be very doubtful whether the Cabinet, Parliament, and the country would take this view on the outbreak of…

— Edward Grey

It is beginning to be doubtful whether Parliament and Congress sit in Westminster and Washington, or in the editorial rooms of the…

— James Russell Lowell

Since the 1950s (until the early 1990s), girls in Kabul and other cities attended schools. Half of university students were women, and…

— Eleanor Smeal

Post-genocide Rwanda has managed to implement a good universal health insurance scheme that covers a large proportion of the population. This came…

— Mary Robinson

To decide once every few years which members of the ruling class is to repress and crush the people through parliament-this is…

— Vladimir Lenin

I shall not miss the hectoring and backbiting and the lack of generosity towards fallen foes, but I will miss the sheer…

— Ann Widdecombe

So fully am I impressed with the vast importance and necessity of attaining what will be the object of my motion this…

— Charles James Fox

Almost everywhere else in Europe, the more military the state, the stronger the king - except in Britain. Here it was parliament,…

— Simon Schama

My desire to get here [Parliament] was like miners'coal dust, it was under my fingers and I couldn't scrub it out.

— Betty Boothroyd

I'm the fifth president of Haiti to rule without a parliament.

— Jovenel Moise

Parliament should start earlier in the day and finish earlier. Otherwise I love it.

— Liz Truss

“Lord Fellmotte was not a man. He was an ancient committee. A parliament of deathly rooks in a dying tree.”

— Frances Hardinge

Without dialogue, you cannot run parliament. You have to interact.

— Sharad Pawar

I don't think politics just happens in Parliament. It happens on the streets and in classrooms.

— Caroline Lucas

I cannot think of any circumstances in which a government can go to war without the support of parliament.

— Tony Blair

I ran for parliament in 1980 as an independent against Allan J. MacEachen.

— Elizabeth May

Criticism, any amount, we welcome it. Come, let's have a discussion - in Parliament, all the better.

— Lee Hsien Loong

Parliament must not be told adirect untruth, but it's quite possible to allow them to mislead themselves.

— Norman Tebbit

The only politician ever to have entered parliament with honourable intentions, was Guy Fawkes.

— Terry Deary

I'm a musician, and I'm not interested in being in the Houses of Parliament.

— MNEK

Canadians can get Parliament working again. Here's how to do that: elect more New Democrats.

— Jack Layton

I look forward to the day when the Westminster Parliament is just a council chamber in Europe

— Kenneth Clarke

There are two ways of getting into the Cabinet - you can crawl in or kick your way in.

— Aneurin Bevan

It is conceivable that a party might gain the majority in parliament and claims the government for itself.

— Franz von Papen