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title: "152 Parliamentary Quotes by 133 authors"
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> [Good temper and moderation are the characteristics of parliamentary language.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-boothroyd/good-temper-and-moderation-are-the-characteristics-of-parliamentary/)

[Betty Boothroyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-boothroyd/)

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> [Our Parliamentary system has simply failed to meet the challenge of judicial activism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stockwell-day/our-parliamentary-system-has-simply-failed-to-meet-the-challenge-of/)

[Stockwell Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stockwell-day/)

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> [Enda Kenny has the full support of the Fine Gael parliamentary party.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-varadkar/enda-kenny-has-the-full-support-of-the-fine-gael-parliamentary-party/)

[Leo Varadkar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-varadkar/)

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> [As soon as I set foot in the parliamentary Sinai, I ceased to be in touch with the masses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-joseph-proudhon/as-soon-as-i-set-foot-in-the-parliamentary-sinai-i-ceased-to-be-in/)

[Pierre-Joseph Proudhon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-joseph-proudhon/)

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> [We could not have parliamentary sovereignty with a European Parliament.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-gaitskell/we-could-not-have-parliamentary-sovereignty-with-a-european-parliament/)

[Hugh Gaitskell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-gaitskell/)

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> [The August Decrees were an improvised parliamentary reaction to an emergency situation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francois-furet/the-august-decrees-were-an-improvised-parliamentary-reaction-to-an/)

[Francois Furet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francois-furet/)

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> [You can't change the world through the parliamentary system.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mcdonnell/you-can-t-change-the-world-through-the-parliamentary-system/)

[John McDonnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mcdonnell/)

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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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> [I am a woman, I am a housewife, I am a government official, I've been twice a government secretary, I've been leader…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josefina-vazquez-mota/i-am-a-woman-i-am-a-housewife-i-am-a-government-official-i-ve-been/)

[Josefina Vazquez Mota](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josefina-vazquez-mota/)

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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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> [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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> [The old division of Left versus Right is dead. In the Internet age, it's about citizens versus parliamentary relics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beppe-grillo/the-old-division-of-left-versus-right-is-dead-in-the-internet-age-it/)

[Beppe Grillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beppe-grillo/)

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> [Changes to parliamentary procedure won't transform the lives of the people whom I represent. Decentralising, devolving decision-making and renewing civil society will.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-blunkett/changes-to-parliamentary-procedure-won-t-transform-the-lives-of-the/)

[David Blunkett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-blunkett/)

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> [Ukraine is going through a difficult time. There is nothing extraordinary of the resignation of the Ukrainian government ahead of the upcoming…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-putin/ukraine-is-going-through-a-difficult-time-there-is-nothing/)

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

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> [The Parliamentary Labour Party is a crucial and very important part of the Labour party, but it is not the entirety of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-corbyn/the-parliamentary-labour-party-is-a-crucial-and-very-important-part/)

[Jeremy Corbyn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-corbyn/)

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> [I suppose not everyone has a dad who wrote a book saying he didn't believe in the Parliamentary road to socialism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-miliband/i-suppose-not-everyone-has-a-dad-who-wrote-a-book-saying-he-didn-t/)

[Ed Miliband](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-miliband/)

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> [The Hamirpur parliamentary segment stands tall with projects across sectors ranging from educational institutes, health facilities, roads and railway. My focus will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anurag-thakur/the-hamirpur-parliamentary-segment-stands-tall-with-projects-across/)

[Anurag Thakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anurag-thakur/)

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> [Christians living in a democracy should always vote if they can. If they cannot in conscience bring themselves to vote for any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright-2/christians-living-in-a-democracy-should-always-vote-if-they-can-if/)

[N. T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright-2/)

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> [I think people forget that to be on the A list you first had to go through the original graded Parliamentary Selection…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-rickitt/i-think-people-forget-that-to-be-on-the-a-list-you-first-had-to-go/)

[Adam Rickitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-rickitt/)

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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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> [To decide once every few years which members of the ruling class is to repress and crush the people through parliament-this is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-lenin/to-decide-once-every-few-years-which-members-of-the-ruling-class-is/)

[Vladimir Lenin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-lenin/)

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> [European Union partners never said European Union partners're going to renege on any promises, European Union partners said that European Union partners…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yanis-varoufakis/european-union-partners-never-said-european-union-partners-re-going/)

[Yanis Varoufakis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yanis-varoufakis/)

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> [Defenders of the status quo will argue that this system has served us well over the centuries, that our parliamentary traditions have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ferdinand-mount/defenders-of-the-status-quo-will-argue-that-this-system-has-served-us/)

[Ferdinand Mount](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ferdinand-mount/)

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> [Anarchism is that political philosophy which advocates the maximization of individual responsibility and the reduction of concentrated power regal, dictatorial, parliamentary: the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-comfort/anarchism-is-that-political-philosophy-which-advocates-the/)

[Alex Comfort](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-comfort/)

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> [It excites world wonder in the Parliamentary countries that we should build a Chamber, starting afresh, which can only seat two-thirds of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/it-excites-world-wonder-in-the-parliamentary-countries-that-we-should/)

[Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/)

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> [In 2012, the far-right Golden Dawn won 21 seats in Greece's parliamentary election, the right-wing Jobbik gained ground in my native Hungary,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-soros/in-2012-the-far-right-golden-dawn-won-21-seats-in-greece-s/)

[George Soros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-soros/)

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> [Some countries have a parliamentary republic, some are presidential republics and some are still monarchies, but no one sees them as not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-putin/some-countries-have-a-parliamentary-republic-some-are-presidential/)

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

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> [“Furthermore, the managerial ethos of parliamentary reformism is in direct tension with important values associated with the dialogue that attends our system…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-o-sargentich/furthermore-the-managerial-ethos-of-parliamentary-reformism-is-in/)

[Thomas O. Sargentich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-o-sargentich/)

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> [The boycott of parliamentary institutions on the part of anarchists and semianarchists is dictated by a desire not to submit their weakness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-trotsky/the-boycott-of-parliamentary-institutions-on-the-part-of-anarchists/)

[Leon Trotsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-trotsky/)

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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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> [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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> [Democracy is not just freedom to criticize the government or head of state, or to hold parliamentary elections. True democracy obtains only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nawal-el-saadawi/democracy-is-not-just-freedom-to-criticize-the-government-or-head-of/)

[Nawal El Saadawi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nawal-el-saadawi/)

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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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> [“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 other parties campaign for parliamentary seats, more or less. We campaign for our principles!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-kuyper/the-other-parties-campaign-for-parliamentary-seats-more-or-less-we/)

[Abraham Kuyper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-kuyper/)

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> [Little other than a red tape Talking-machine, and unhappy Bag of Parliamentary Eloquence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-carlyle/little-other-than-a-red-tape-talking-machine-and-unhappy-bag-of/)

[Thomas Carlyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-carlyle/)

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> [All is fair in love and war and Parliamentary procedure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-foot/all-is-fair-in-love-and-war-and-parliamentary-procedure/)

[Michael Foot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-foot/)

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> [We can't afford to go down the dead end roads of Parliamentary Socialism or Fascistic Bolshevism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-blair/we-can-t-afford-to-go-down-the-dead-end-roads-of-parliamentary/)

[John Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-blair/)

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> [It is my view there is a gaping hole in parliamentary oversight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/crispin-blunt/it-is-my-view-there-is-a-gaping-hole-in-parliamentary-oversight/)

[Crispin Blunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/crispin-blunt/)

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> [This is not about abolishing parliamentary power. It's about rebalancing power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jovenel-moise/this-is-not-about-abolishing-parliamentary-power-it-s-about/)

[Jovenel Moise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jovenel-moise/)

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                        "text": "It excites world wonder in the Parliamentary countries that we should build a Chamber, starting afresh, which can only seat two-thirds of its Members. It is difficult to explain this to those who do not know our ways. They cannot easily be made to understand why we consider that the intensity, passion, intimacy, informality and spontaneity of our Debates constitute the personality of the House of Commons and endow it at once with its focus and its strength.",
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                        "text": "In 2012, the far-right Golden Dawn won 21 seats in Greece's parliamentary election, the right-wing Jobbik gained ground in my native Hungary, and the National Front's Marine Le Pen received strong backing in France's presidential election. Growing support for similar forces across Europe points to an inescapable conclusion: the continent's prolonged financial crisis is creating a crisis of values that is now threatening the European Union itself.",
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                        "text": "Some countries have a parliamentary republic, some are presidential republics and some are still monarchies, but no one sees them as not being democratic. In some countries regional leaders are appointed from the centre and in others they are elected. In Russia, the president is elected through direct secret ballot, and in the United States, the president is elected through a system of electoral colleges.",
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                        "text": "“Furthermore, the managerial ethos of parliamentary reformism is in direct tension with important values associated with the dialogue that attends our system of checks and balances. The term \"parliamentary reform\" should not be allowed to cloud the fact that the critics advance a highly pro-executive position that would seek a strong government primarily by undercutting the independence of Congress.”",
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                        "text": "The boycott of parliamentary institutions on the part of anarchists and semianarchists is dictated by a desire not to submit their weakness to a test on the part of the masses, thus preserving their right to an inactive hauteur which makes no difference to anybody. A revolutionary party can turn its back to a parliament only if it has set itself the immediate task of overthrowing the existing regime.",
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                        "text": "In the election campaign of 1930, Hitler seldom spoke explicitly of Jews. The crude tirades of the early 1920s were missing altogether. 'Living-space' figured more prominently, posed against the alternative international competition for markets ... The key theme now was the collapse of Germany under parliamentary democracy and party government into a divided people with separate and conflicting interests, which only the NSDAP could overcome by creating a new unity of the nation, transcending class, estate and profession.",
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                        "text": "Germany was a parliamentary democracy with many, many humane and decent people who kept writing in their journals - I've read these journals, these memoirs - \"Surely our leaders will stop this nonsense. Surely someone will take on these thugs. Surely the pendulum will swing back.\" Everyone was sitting at home going, \"Well, they haven't come for me. This is crazy, but surely someone's going to take care of it.\" We all have to take care of it.",
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                        "text": "Democracy is not just freedom to criticize the government or head of state, or to hold parliamentary elections. True democracy obtains only when the people - women, men, young people, children - have the ability to change the system of industrial capitalism that has oppressed them since the earliest days of slavery: a system based on class division, patriarchy, and military might, a hierarchical system that subjugates people merely because they are born poor, or female, or dark-skinned.",
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                        "text": "“The parliamentary democracy we have adopted involves the British perversity of electing a legislature to form an executive: this has created a unique breed of legislator, largely unqualified to legislate, who has sought election only in order to wield (or influence) executive power. It has produced governments obliged to focus more on politics than on policy or performance. It has distorted the voting preferences of an electorate that knows which individuals it wants but not necessarily which policies. It has spawned parties that are shifting alliances of individual interests rather than the vehicles of coherent sets of ideas. It has forced governments to concentrate less on governing than on staying in office, and obliged them to cater to the lowest common denominator of their coalitions. It is time for a change.”",
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                        "text": "“Personally, I am far from convinced that the British system is suited to India. The parliamentary democracy we have adopted involves the British perversity of electing a legislature to form an executive: this has created a unique breed of legislator, largely unqualified to legislate, who has sought election only in order to wield (or influence) executive power. It has produced governments obliged to focus more on politics than on policy or performance. It has distorted the voting preferences of an electorate that knows which individuals it wants but not necessarily which policies. It has spawned parties that are shifting alliances of individual interests rather than the vehicles of coherent sets of ideas. It has forced governments to concentrate less on governing than on staying in office, and obliged them to cater to the lowest common denominator of their coalitions. It is time for a change. Pluralist”",
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