Commons Quotes
94 quotes by 73 authors
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Freedom in a commons brings ruin to all.
— Garrett Hardin
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The rational herdsman concludes that the only sensible course for him to pursue is to add another animal to his herd. And another; and another…
— Garrett Hardin
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Gaia's main problems are not industrialization, ozone depletion, overpopulation, or resource depletion. Gaia's main problem is the lack of mutual understanding and mutual agreement in…
— Ken Wilber
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Women have worked hard; starved in prison; given of their time and lives that we might sit in the House of Commons and take part…
— Ellen Wilkinson
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There's no secret about my ambition, I do not want to go into the House of Commons. My only real political interest is in London…
— Trevor Phillips
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I do think there is a great deal of caricature around the House of Commons. It is just that kind of place.
— Charles Kennedy
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By my count, the Deputy Prime Minister has sworn an oath of loyalty and service to Her Majesty no fewer than four times in the…
— Unknown Author
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There are insistent calls for autonomy, appeals for a new resource ethic based on the tradition of the commons, demands for the reinstatement of cultural…
— Paul Hawken
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There are more hooligans in the House of Commons than at a football match.
— Brian Clough
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Thirty resolute men in your House of Commons could save the world.
— Felix Frankfurter
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The Commons, faithful to their system, remained in a wise and masterly inactivity.
— James Mackintosh
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The first sign of tyranny is government's complicity in privatizing the commons for private gain.
— Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
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The earth community, the Life Community, is not the property of any one religion or group or part of the world; it is the Commons…
— David Spangler
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Elections exist for the sake of the House of Commons and not the House of Commons for the sake of elections.
— Winston Churchill
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The House is composed of very good men, not shining, but honest and reasonably well-informed, and in time will be found to improve, and not…
— Fisher Ames
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Show me a first-generatio n fortune and I'll show you a successful partnership between a talented individual and society's invisible venture capitalist, the commons.
— William H. Gates, Sr.
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I was in the Commons recently and saw a young lady wearing a nice pair of shoes. I said I liked them and she said…
— Theresa May
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I am a child of the House of Commons. I was brought up in my fathers house to believe in democracy. Trust the peoplethat was…
— Winston Churchill
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Companies that actually survive and flourish are going to change their business model from production to aggregating the networks and the network services and solutions.…
— Jeremy Rifkin
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Only people who look dull ever get into the House of Commons, and only people who are dull ever succeed there.
— Oscar Wilde
Who Wrote These Commons Quotes
73 authors contributed a total of 94 Commons Quotes, led by these top contributors: