Decadence Quote by Adolf Hitler

There are certain moments in the history of a nation when the choices made define the decades to come.

— George Papandreou

The deterioration of a government begins almost always by the decay of its principles.

— Charles de Secondat

I believe that, without party, Parliamentary government is impossible.

— Benjamin Disraeli

A phenomenon noticeable throughout history regardless of place or period is the pursuit by governments of policies contrary to their own interests.

— Barbara Tuchman

Whatever failures may have come to parliamentary government in countries which have not those traditions, and where it is not a natural growth, that…

— Stanley Baldwin

The partial exception to our London-centric state institutions is the monarchy, which has always had peripatetic tendencies.

— Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis

Parliamentary government is simply a mild and disguised form of compulsion. We agree to try strength by counting heads instead of breaking heads, but…

— James Fitzjames Stephen

Parliamentary democracy is, in truth, little more than a means of securing a periodical change in the management team, which is then allowed to…

— Tony Benn

When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong.

— Eugene V. Debs

History is constantly repeating itself, making only such changes of programme as the growth of nations and centuries requires.

— James A. Garfield

Defenders of the status quo will argue that this system has served us well over the centuries, that our parliamentary traditions have combined stability…

— Ferdinand Mount

There is an infinity of political errors which, being once adopted, become principles.

— Guillaume Thomas Francois Raynal