Commons Quotes

94 Commons quotes by 73 unique authors

I do think there is a great deal of caricature around the House of Commons. It is just that kind of place. — Charles Kennedy
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
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
There are more hooligans in the House of Commons than at a football match. — Brian Clough
Thirty resolute men in your House of Commons could save the world. — Felix Frankfurter
The Commons, faithful to their system, remained in a wise and masterly inactivity. — James Mackintosh
The first sign of tyranny is government's complicity in privatizing the commons for private gain. — Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
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
Elections exist for the sake of the House of Commons and not the House of Commons for the sake of elections. — Winston Churchill
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
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.
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
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
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
Only people who look dull ever get into the House of Commons, and only people who are dull ever succeed there. — Oscar Wilde
No prime minister in Britain will ever be able to go to war without the endorsement of a majority of the House of Commons. — Neil Kinnock
We think that diamonds are very important, gold is very important, all these minerals are very important. We call them precious minerals, but they are… — Wangari Maathai
The rational man finds that his share of the cost of the wastes he discharges into the commons is less than the cost of purifying… — Garrett Hardin
I knew Otto Kahn [According to the Figaro, Mr. Kahn on first going to America was a clerk in the firm of Speyer and Company,… — Denis Fahey
Anybody who enjoys being in the House of Commons probably needs psychiatric help. — Ken Livingstone
For however much the state may gain by not having to fund roads on its own, society would lose in aggregate if the open commons… — Lawrence Lessig
When I first came to the House of Commons and walked out into the lobby, men sprang to their feet. I asked them to sit… — Agnes Macphail
For far too long the House of Commons has been run as little more than a private club by and for gentleman amateurs. — John Bercow
I never aspired to be Speaker simply so I could say, 'I am the Speaker of the House of Commons,' and tell my children that. — John Bercow
It is quite wrong for party conferences to be used as an excuse for the Commons not to sit. Conferences could be held at weekends. — John Bercow

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