Parliament Quotes

301 quotes by 238 authors

A Parliament is nothing less than a big meeting of more or less idle people. — Walter Bagehot
An influential member of parliament has not only to pay much money to become such, and to give time and labour, he has also to… — Walter Bagehot
In 1765, Parliament passed the Stamp Act, which, as any American high school student can tell you, was an act that apparently had something to… — Dave Barry
I cannot think of any circumstances in which a government can go to war without the support of parliament. — Tony Blair
Even before he came to power in 1997, Gordon Brown promised to change the accounts to parliament from simple litanies of cash in and cash… — James Buchan
I grew up in Somalia, in Saudi Arabia, in Ethiopia, and in Kenya. I came to Europe in 1992, when I was 22, and became… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali
We cannot be happy without being free; we cannot be free without being secure in our property; we cannot be secure in our property if,… — John Dickinson
The Greens will continue to champion a fairer society rather than simply the economy and to champion the parliament rather than simply the stock exchange… — Bob Brown
Shaped a little like a loaf of French country bread, our brain is a crowded chemistry lab, bustling with nonstop neural conversations.Imagine the brain, that… — Diane Ackerman
If Parliament may take from me one shilling in the pound, what security have I for the other nineteen? — Richard Henry Lee
Naturally, the common people don't want war ... but after all it is the leaders of a country who determine the policy, and it is… — Hermann Goring
Civility is perhaps a quaint notion but civility in Parliament is something we should always strive to uphold. — Jay Weatherill
Kings or parliaments could not give the rights essential to happiness... We claim them from a higher source - from the King of kings, and… — John Dickinson
The minds of youth are perpetually led to the history of Greece and Rime or to Great Britain; Boys are constantly repeating the declamations of… — Noah Webster
Each Act of Parliament intended to address harassment and discrimination has faced objections on the basis of 'you'll never be able to prove...' and 'there's… — Tim Field
[W]hen the resolution of enslaving America was formed in Great Britain, the British Parliament was advised by an artful man, who was governor of Pennsylvania,… — George Mason
The issue here is not gun control. And it's not even astronomical cost overruns, although those are serious. What's really inexcusable is that Parliament was… — Sheila Fraser
I question why the Department continued to watch the costs escalate without informing Parliament and without considering alternatives. — Sheila Fraser
Politics is about power. It is about the power of the state. It is about the power of the state as applied to individuals, the… — Kevin Rudd
The time has now come for the nation to turn a new page in Australia's history by righting the wrongs of the past and so… — Kevin Rudd

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