It is not surprising that more and more people are coming to the conclusion that the ballot box is no longer an… — Tony Benn Copy Share Image
Parliamentary democracy is, in truth, little more than a means of securing a periodical change in the management team, which is then… — Tony Benn Copy Share Image
The essence of liberalism is negotiation, a cautious half measure, in the hope that the definitive dispute, the decisive bloody battle, can… — Carl Schmitt Copy Share Image
When a parliamentary or social majority decrees that it is legal, at least under certain conditions, to kill unborn human life, is… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
In the election campaign of 1930, Hitler seldom spoke explicitly of Jews. The crude tirades of the early 1920s were missing altogether.… — Ian Kershaw Copy Share Image
Germany was a parliamentary democracy with many, many humane and decent people who kept writing in their journals - I've read these… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
Environmental historians . . . insist that we have got to go . . . down to the earth itself as an… — Donald Worster Copy Share Image
Resolutions expressing Parliamentary approval of every Treaty before ratification would be a very cumbersome form of procedure and would burden the House… — Arthur Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede Copy Share Image
[I believe in] the throne...parliamentary institutions...private enterprise and individual opinion against the socialization of the state...equity in the distribution of public burdens… — Austen Chamberlain Copy Share Image
The Islamists started this war. They explained to us as clearly as General Giap and Ho Chi Minh explained to us why… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
The socialist parties of all countries are duty bound to fight energetically for the implementation of universal women's suffrage which is to… — Clara Zetkin Copy Share Image
“The parliamentary democracy we have adopted involves the British perversity of electing a legislature to form an executive: this has created a… — Shashi Tharoor Copy Share Image
The modern world is a meritocracy where you earn your own luck, old school ties count for nothing, and inherited privilege can… — Kate Reardon Copy Share Image
In a parliamentary democracy, it is the job of parliament to decide the law, not the government. — Angela Rayner Copy Share Image
I don't think Jeremy Corbyn's going to stay, he's going to go. He knows parliamentary party have no faith in him. — Gordon Brown Copy Share Image
A smaller-size party and parliamentary membership does not necessarily equate to lesser demands; if anything, the opposite can be the case. — Charles Kennedy Copy Share Image
It is impossible to practice parliamentary politics without having patience, decency, politeness and courtesy. — Khaleda Zia Copy Share Image
Maduro distanced himself from democracy. He deconstructed the entire judiciary and blocked parliamentary processes. — Juan Guaido Copy Share Image
Fundamental questions are being asked about the future of the Eurozone and therefore the shape of the EU itself. Opportunities to advance… — David Cameron Copy Share Image
I won't say I've never felt in Alex Salmond's shadow, but latterly, when Alex was leader, I didn't. It's more about my… — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
We believed that growth through Local Government, and perhaps through some special machinery for bringing the wishes and influence of women of… — Mary Augusta Ward Copy Share Image
This is not the kind of country where you would feel comfortable if you were opposed to democracy, parliamentary law, independent courts… — Peter Costello Copy Share Image
Canadians should realise when they are well off under the Monarchy. For the vast majority of Canadians, being a Monarchy is probably… — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share Image
The standing orders of the Parliamentary Party, however, apply to me, apply to every other Member of the Parliamentary Labour Party and… — Ron Davies Copy Share Image
Some people suggest that the problem is the separation of powers. If you had a parliamentary system, the struggle for power would… — James Q. Wilson Copy Share Image
The stations of uncensored expression are closing down; the lights are going out; but there is still time for those to whom… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
The first organised opposition by women to women's suffrage in England dates from 1889, when a number of ladies led by Mrs… — Millicent Fawcett Copy Share Image
It is well settled in our Constitutional scheme that all Parliamentary Acts and mandates bind the executive. Any executive act, which violates… — Prashant Bhushan Copy Share Image
Parliamentary government is simply a mild and disguised form of compulsion. We agree to try strength by counting heads instead of breaking… — James Fitzjames Stephen Copy Share Image
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