“He can read and write, but he doesn't get what he's read. He's half-baked. The country is full of people like him,… — Aravind Adiga Copy Share Image
A parliamentary democracy that has developed its delicate balances over hundreds of years will not give up its sovereign rights. — Michael Portillo Copy Share Image
Britain is a parliamentary democracy. Power rests in Parliament, in the House of Commons, and the government - the executive - has… — Caroline Lucas 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
The much-lauded parliamentary democracy in India has been unable to protect a genuine democratic set-up in Kashmir. — Nyla Ali Khan Copy Share Image
If the institutions of parliamentary democracy are worth preserving, the duty to explain them to the people they are meant to serve… — John Allen Fraser Copy Share Image
Referendums are a democratic instrument, but so are decisions reached in a parliamentary democracy. I advise extreme caution when it comes to… — Martin Schulz Copy Share Image
I'm a firm believer that if we could restore real parliamentary democracy, the best way to do that would be to get… — Elizabeth May Copy Share Image
It would appear that the traditional parliamentary democracies can offer no fundamental opposition to that automatism of technological civilization and the industrial-consumer… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
The right numerical balance is not just random number, it is an inherent checking mechanism in our parliamentary democracy against any ruling… — Pritam Singh Copy Share Image
“Do go on,' he said. 'There's nothing I enjoy more than listening to a highly trained intelligence leapfrogging common sense and coming… — Tom Sharpe Copy Share Image
Look, there is parliamentary democracy in most European countries, there is parliamentary democracy in Japan, there is parliamentary democracy in many countries,… — Vladimir Putin 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
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
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
No government really rooted in limited, parliamentary democracy should have the power to make its citizens fight and kill and die in… — Bill Clinton 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
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
“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
“Personally, I am far from convinced that the British system is suited to India. The parliamentary democracy we have adopted involves the… — Shashi Tharoor Copy Share Image
No matter how many troops we have in place or how long they stay, we cannot impose a parliamentary democracy there any… — Nick Clooney Copy Share Image
It was the British who began the tradition of parliamentary democracy, now emulated all over the world. — Suella Braverman Copy Share Image
We must stand up for the principle of parliamentary democracy and not allow the government's failure in the Brexit process to be… — Keir Starmer 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
We have parliamentary democracy. It is the prime minister who runs the show, who is the chief executive of the country. The… — Nawaz Sharif Copy Share Image
I'm much more attracted personally to governments going their full term. It's very hard to have a fixed term election I know… — Jim Bolger Copy Share Image
One of the most enjoyable things I do at Government House and when I travel around Australia is to talk with children.… — Quentin Bryce Copy Share Image
I might be popular, but that is not sufficient in a parliamentary democracy set-up. One has to assess every chief minister, his… — Sharad Pawar Copy Share Image
“Under a parliamentary democracy, such as in France, political influence can be secured by using money to create favorable or unfavorable public… — Günter Reimann Copy Share Image
We know that communism is the right hypothesis. All those who abandon this hypothesis immediately resign themselves to the market economy, to… — Alain Badiou Copy Share Image
