Commons Quotes

94 Commons quotes by 73 unique authors

We have reached a new milestone as a human family. With seven billion of us now inhabiting our planet, it is time to ask some… — Ban Ki-moon
As a young man, Dickens worked as a reporter in the House of Commons and hated it. He felt that all politicians spoke with the… — Claire Tomalin
You grow great crops in great soil. And the soil is the commons. Increasingly, we have monopolistic companies that try to take as much as… — Tim O'Reilly
Universities are some of the few places left where a struggle for the commons, for public life, if not democracy itself, can be made visible… — Henry Giroux
We have a maxim in the House of Commons, and written on the walls of our houses, that old ways are the safest and surest… — Edward Coke
The honest truth is that if this government were to propose the massacre of the first-born, it would still have no difficulty in getting it… — Diane Abbott
The House of Commons, refused to receive the addresses of the colonies, when the matter was pending; besides, we hold our rights neither from them… — Christopher Gadsden
I. cannot stoop to reply to the folly and the slander of every poor Tory partisan who assails me, and I should not have noticed… — John Bright
On March 10, 1764, preliminary resolutions passed the House of Commons looking towards the Stamp Act. — Albert Bushnell Hart
Jim Sheridan, the MP who wants to ban sketchwriters from the Commons for being rude about politicians, is a blithering idiot. Sorry, scrub that -… — Simon Hoggart
I can hardly keep wondering at my own folly in thinking it worthwhile to leave my books and garden, even for one day's attendance in… — Unknown Author
They say that the commons of England would first destroy the king's friends and afterward himself, and then bring the Duke of York to be… — Jack Cade
If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favorable reference to the devil in the House of Commons. — Winston Churchill
The House of Commons is a great unwieldy body, which requires great Art and some Cordials to keep it loyal. — Unknown Author

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73 authors contributed a total of 94 Commons Quotes, led by these top contributors: