Coal Quote by Betty Boothroyd

Parliament was an institution of enormous standing when I was aspiring to go in. It isn't now.

— Ann Widdecombe

I didn't much like being in Parliament physically. I found it a bit depressing. It's very dark and heavy. I like being out and…

— Geoff Mulgan

I still cherish the memory of walking into the Parliament for the first time.

— Preneet Kaur

I've never been in parliament as a National, I gave up smoking about the same time [and] I've rid myself of two cancers.

— Tony Windsor

You don't enter politics when you come to parliament. I was getting politics for breakfast, dinner and tea when I was a little kid.

— Dennis Skinner

I am quite proud of being in Parliament, I actually love it.

— Shabana Azmi

I think the whole way that Parliament works in Westminster needs a damn good shake up and I want to be part of that.

— Heidi Allen

When you come to Parliament on your first day, you wonder how you ever got here. After that, you wonder how the other 263…

— John Diefenbaker

The first years in Parliament I did nothing - nothing to any purpose. My own distinction was my darling object.

— William Wilberforce

We all know what Parliament is, and we are all ashamed of it.

— Robert Louis Stevenson

I love being a parliamentarian. I love it but I don't like politics. And I hate elections.

— Elizabeth May

Parliaments are the great lie of our time.

— Konstantin Pobedonostsev