Parliament Quotes · Page 7

Marriage is a sacrament, and the decision of what is a sacrament lies with the Church, not with Parliament.

— Jacob Rees-Mogg

Parliament itself would not exist in its present form had people not defied the law.

— Arthur Scargill

I do not think you want too much sincerity in society. It would be like an iron girder in a house of…

— W. Somerset Maugham

Parliament must take responsibility for running an independent complaints service for everyone who works there.

— Nick Boles

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

— Martin Schulz

I look forward to continuing the debate about Britain's future - in Parliament and across the country.

— Theresa May

We need female advocates. I'd love to live in a world where there are as many women in parliament as men.

— Emma Watson

Education: that which reveals to the wise, and conceals from the stupid, the vast limits of their knowledge.

— Mark Twain

I decided few years ago to leave the bar to pursue a career in politics because I wanted to make a contribution…

— George Brandis

Having a parliament which looks more like the country it's supposed to represent might go some way to restoring trust.

— Cathy Newman

In fact, in Parliament, I pointed out that Australians on average incomes would move into the second highest tax bracket in the…

— Joe Hockey

I am a model of positivity compared to the kinds of vitriol, the kinds of destructive criticisms that Labor members of parliament…

— Tony Abbott

And the whole schtick of the psychedelic experience, I think, is reclaim immediate experience, realize that you out vote all parliaments, police…

— Terence McKenna

If tomorrow morning Brussels should decide to let Turkey in, Italians wouldn't be free to oppose it, neither in Parliament nor through…

— Matteo Salvini

One point leavers and remainers agree on is that if there had never been a referendum, and this deal had been proposed…

— Sam Gyimah

as I became Speaker in 1986, I made a point of setting up a public information office to respond to requests and…

— John Allen Fraser

For many years I have advocated 'redesigning Parliament' in a variety of ways - elect the Senate, do away with the 'confidence…

— Preston Manning

For the institutions of the European Union are at present incomplete. A European Senate is badly needed to complete them. By creating…

— Larry Siedentop

Prime ministers require the hide of a rhinoceros, the morals of St. Francis, the patience of Job, the wisdom of Solomon, the…

— Lester B. Pearson

Europe has shown how government can be organised in a network. Its institutions both compete and co-operate and include a directly elected…

— Geoff Mulgan

Michelle Landr is a fabulous member of Parliament. She is a true representative of that community. She's a classic middle-of-the-road Australian who…

— George Brandis

The sanction of force stands behind the medley of personal orders and regulations of Martial Law. The sanction of the people's consent…

— Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

We need to review the process for the election of Speaker. We've got to reform Question Time, which is really a waste…

— Richard Di Natale

When the Canadian confederation took place in 1867, a lot of people in Quebec said, 'Could we have a referendum?' They said,…

— Jacques Parizeau

People support CPF cuts because there are no protest outside parliament.

— Lee Hsien Loong

That's my upbringing. Try, if it doesn't work out, try again. It was the same thing with Parliament.

— Sam Gyimah

The Knesset, our parliament, is subject to the rule of law.

— Yoav Gallant

In the parliament of the present every man represents a constituency of the past.

— James Russell Lowell

In all my 26 years in Parliament, we had referred to Mr. Ong Teng Cheong as the first Elected President.

— Tan Cheng Bock

American missionaries have free rein in Uganda. They can go anywhere they please - schools, hospitals, parliament.

— Roger Ross Williams

We were asked to host the Pan African Parliament and we agreed to this.

— Thabo Mbeki

I am quite proud of being in Parliament, I actually love it.

— Shabana Azmi

Sorry, but we live in a democracy and the Government has to be responsive to Parliament.

— Jeremy Corbyn

One consistent thing in an otherwise inconsistent career is that I've always been passionate about parliament.

— John Bercow

The function of parliament is to hold the executive to account. We should never overlook the primacy of parliament.

— Betty Boothroyd

I'm well aware of different views across my own party and across Parliament on pretty well all Brexit issues.

— Keir Starmer

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

— Anna Soubry

I am glad to learn that the Parliament Bill has been passed for the Darlington Railway.

— George Stephenson

Every government is a parliament of whores. The trouble is, in a democracy, the whores are us.

— Anonymous

Parliament was prorogued to deny Canadians the right to know what happened in the WE scandal.

— Leslyn Lewis