Commons Quotes

94 Commons quotes by 73 unique authors

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
I am seeking every day to restore faith in Parliament - to ensure we have a House of Commons which is representative, effective and reconnected… — John Bercow
The food in the House of Commons is fairly good. The cafe in Portcullis House is really very high quality, and you also have a… — Vince Cable
I am the first prime minister of this country of neither English nor French origin. So I determined to bring about a Canadian citizenship that… — John Diefenbaker
You see how this House of Commons has begun to verify all the ill prophecies that were made of it - low, vulgar, meddling with… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
You can hardly say boo to a goose in the House of Commons now without cries of "Ungentlemanly," "Not fair" and all the rest. — Harold MacMillan
None of our political writers . . . take notice of any more than three estates, namely, Kings, Lords and Commons . . . passing… — Henry Fielding
The Commons is one of the most depressing and intellectually unstimulating places in the country. [On the state of British politics — Clare Short
A martial nobility and stubborn commons, possessed of arms, tenacious of property, and collected into constitutional assemblies form the only balance capable of preserving a… — Edward Gibbon
If instituted, the TPP's IP regime would trample over individual rights and free expression, as well as ride roughshod over the intellectual and creative commons.… — Julian Assange
The essence and foundation of House of Commons debating is formal conversation. The set speech, the harangue addressed to constituents, or to the wider public… — Winston Churchill

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