Commons Quotes

94 Commons quotes by 73 unique authors

It excites world wonder in the Parliamentary countries that we should build a Chamber, starting afresh, which can only seat two-thirds of its Members. It… — Winston Churchill
The House of Commons is called the Lower House, in twenty Acts of Parliament; but what are twenty Acts of Parliament amongst Friends? — John Selden
No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is married. — Benjamin Disraeli
A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords. There are two distinct styles… — Benjamin Disraeli
I'm going to reduce the size of the Cabinet, cut the number of ministers, reduce the size of the House of Commons, campaign for a… — William Hague
Ruin is the destination toward which all men rush, each pursuing his own best interest in a society that believes in the freedom of the… — Garrett Hardin
In an approximate way, the logic of commons has been understood for a long time, perhaps since the discovery of agriculture or the invention of… — Garrett Hardin
Using the commons as a cesspool does not harm the general public under frontier conditions, because there is no public, the same behavior in a… — Garrett Hardin
What the government has to do, if it wants to govern for any length of time, is it must appeal primarily to the third parties… — Stephen Harper
Watching the Commons tribute to Margaret Thatcher was like being suffocated inside a gigantic sticky toffee pudding, but one with nasty bogeys planted inside. There… — Simon Hoggart
Protecting Americans from harm goes beyond police and national defense. It's imperative that we not destroy the commons, the physical environment on which we rely. — Kevin O'Leary
Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great deal of harm. — Oscar Wilde
Smiling, I cut across the quadrangle toward the commons. I felt better about life than I had in a very long time. We could do… — Richelle Mead
I jammed my hand in my jacket pocket, bracing myself fo the next hit, and fel something. Something grainy and samll, sticking to the tips… — Sarah Dessen
Well, why do you want a political career? Have you ever been in the House of Commons and taken a good square look at the… — P.G. Wodehouse
But because human being tend to focus on short-term benefits and our own immediate needs, such tragedies of the commons occur frequently . — Dan Ariely
In my mind, he was guilty of no error - he was chargeable with no exaggeration - he was betrayed by his fancy into no… — Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux
We need to start seeing privacy as a commons - as some kind of a public good that can get depleted as too many people… — Evgeny Morozov
In politics, they found there were not enough females in the House of Commons, so they came up with the idea of shortlists having to… — Gordon Taylor
The rise of capitalist practice and morality brought with it a radical revision of how the commons are treated, and also of how they are… — Noam Chomsky

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