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title: "30 Parliamentary democracy Quotes by 27 authors"
description: "Browse 30 Parliamentary democracy quotes by 27 authors. Discover the best Parliamentary democracy sayings and thoughts."
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> [It was the British who began the tradition of parliamentary democracy, now emulated all over the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suella-braverman/it-was-the-british-who-began-the-tradition-of-parliamentary-democracy/)

[Suella Braverman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suella-braverman/)

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> [No matter how many troops we have in place or how long they stay, we cannot impose a parliamentary democracy there any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-clooney/no-matter-how-many-troops-we-have-in-place-or-how-long-they-stay-we/)

[Nick Clooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-clooney/)

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> [Referendums are a democratic instrument, but so are decisions reached in a parliamentary democracy. I advise extreme caution when it comes to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-schulz/referendums-are-a-democratic-instrument-but-so-are-decisions-reached/)

[Martin Schulz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-schulz/)

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> [I'm a firm believer that if we could restore real parliamentary democracy, the best way to do that would be to get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-may/i-m-a-firm-believer-that-if-we-could-restore-real-parliamentary/)

[Elizabeth May](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-may/)

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> [If the institutions of parliamentary democracy are worth preserving, the duty to explain them to the people they are meant to serve…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-allen-fraser/if-the-institutions-of-parliamentary-democracy-are-worth-preserving/)

[John Allen Fraser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-allen-fraser/)

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> [The much-lauded parliamentary democracy in India has been unable to protect a genuine democratic set-up in Kashmir.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nyla-ali-khan/the-much-lauded-parliamentary-democracy-in-india-has-been-unable-to/)

[Nyla Ali Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nyla-ali-khan/)

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> [Britain is a parliamentary democracy. Power rests in Parliament, in the House of Commons, and the government - the executive - has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-lucas/britain-is-a-parliamentary-democracy-power-rests-in-parliament-in-the/)

[Caroline Lucas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-lucas/)

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> [In a parliamentary democracy, it is the job of parliament to decide the law, not the government.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angela-rayner/in-a-parliamentary-democracy-it-is-the-job-of-parliament-to-decide/)

[Angela Rayner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angela-rayner/)

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> [“Under a parliamentary democracy, such as in France, political influence can be secured by using money to create favorable or unfavorable public…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-nter-reimann/under-a-parliamentary-democracy-such-as-in-france-political-influence/)

[Günter Reimann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-nter-reimann/)

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> [We know that communism is the right hypothesis. All those who abandon this hypothesis immediately resign themselves to the market economy, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alain-badiou/we-know-that-communism-is-the-right-hypothesis-all-those-who-abandon/)

[Alain Badiou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alain-badiou/)

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> [I might be popular, but that is not sufficient in a parliamentary democracy set-up. One has to assess every chief minister, his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharad-pawar/i-might-be-popular-but-that-is-not-sufficient-in-a-parliamentary/)

[Sharad Pawar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharad-pawar/)

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> [I'm much more attracted personally to governments going their full term. It's very hard to have a fixed term election I know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-bolger/i-m-much-more-attracted-personally-to-governments-going-their-full/)

[Jim Bolger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-bolger/)

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> [We have parliamentary democracy. It is the prime minister who runs the show, who is the chief executive of the country. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nawaz-sharif/we-have-parliamentary-democracy-it-is-the-prime-minister-who-runs-the/)

[Nawaz Sharif](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nawaz-sharif/)

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> [One of the most enjoyable things I do at Government House and when I travel around Australia is to talk with children.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-bryce/one-of-the-most-enjoyable-things-i-do-at-government-house-and-when-i/)

[Quentin Bryce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-bryce/)

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> [No government really rooted in limited, parliamentary democracy should have the power to make its citizens fight and kill and die in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-clinton/no-government-really-rooted-in-limited-parliamentary-democracy-should/)

[Bill Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-clinton/)

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> [Canadians should realise when they are well off under the Monarchy. For the vast majority of Canadians, being a Monarchy is probably…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-trudeau/canadians-should-realise-when-they-are-well-off-under-the-monarchy/)

[Pierre Trudeau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-trudeau/)

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> [Germany was a parliamentary democracy with many, many humane and decent people who kept writing in their journals - I've read these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naomi-wolf/germany-was-a-parliamentary-democracy-with-many-many-humane-and/)

[Naomi Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naomi-wolf/)

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> [In the election campaign of 1930, Hitler seldom spoke explicitly of Jews. The crude tirades of the early 1920s were missing altogether.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-kershaw/in-the-election-campaign-of-1930-hitler-seldom-spoke-explicitly-of/)

[Ian Kershaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-kershaw/)

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> [“Personally, I am far from convinced that the British system is suited to India. The parliamentary democracy we have adopted involves the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shashi-tharoor/personally-i-am-far-from-convinced-that-the-british-system-is-suited/)

[Shashi Tharoor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shashi-tharoor/)

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> [“The parliamentary democracy we have adopted involves the British perversity of electing a legislature to form an executive: this has created a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shashi-tharoor/the-parliamentary-democracy-we-have-adopted-involves-the-british/)

[Shashi Tharoor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shashi-tharoor/)

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> [A parliamentary democracy that has developed its delicate balances over hundreds of years will not give up its sovereign rights.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-portillo/a-parliamentary-democracy-that-has-developed-its-delicate-balances/)

[Michael Portillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-portillo/)

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> [“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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aravind-adiga/he-can-read-and-write-but-he-doesn-t-get-what-he-s-read-he-s-half/)

[Aravind Adiga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aravind-adiga/)

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> [We must stand up for the principle of parliamentary democracy and not allow the government's failure in the Brexit process to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keir-starmer/we-must-stand-up-for-the-principle-of-parliamentary-democracy-and-not/)

[Keir Starmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keir-starmer/)

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> [There should be some other provisions in the Constitution whereby if the Government is not functioning well, it can be dealt with.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nawaz-sharif/there-should-be-some-other-provisions-in-the-constitution-whereby-if/)

[Nawaz Sharif](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nawaz-sharif/)

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> [“Do go on,' he said. 'There's nothing I enjoy more than listening to a highly trained intelligence leapfrogging common sense and coming…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-sharpe/do-go-on-he-said-there-s-nothing-i-enjoy-more-than-listening-to-a/)

[Tom Sharpe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-sharpe/)

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> [It is not surprising that more and more people are coming to the conclusion that the ballot box is no longer an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-benn/it-is-not-surprising-that-more-and-more-people-are-coming-to-the/)

[Tony Benn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-benn/)

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> [Parliamentary democracy is, in truth, little more than a means of securing a periodical change in the management team, which is then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-benn/parliamentary-democracy-is-in-truth-little-more-than-a-means-of/)

[Tony Benn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-benn/)

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> [Look, there is parliamentary democracy in most European countries, there is parliamentary democracy in Japan, there is parliamentary democracy in many countries,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-putin/look-there-is-parliamentary-democracy-in-most-european-countries/)

[Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-putin/)

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> [It would appear that the traditional parliamentary democracies can offer no fundamental opposition to that automatism of technological civilization and the industrial-consumer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vaclav-havel/it-would-appear-that-the-traditional-parliamentary-democracies-can/)

[Vaclav Havel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vaclav-havel/)

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> [The right numerical balance is not just random number, it is an inherent checking mechanism in our parliamentary democracy against any ruling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pritam-singh/the-right-numerical-balance-is-not-just-random-number-it-is-an/)

[Pritam Singh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pritam-singh/)

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