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Every British Subject born on the continent of America, or in any other of the British dominions, is by the law of God and nature,… — James Otis
Acts of terror have never brought down liberal democracies. Acts of parliament have closed a few. — William Eldridge Odom
But they have two other Rights; those of sitting when they please, and as long as they please, in which methinks they have the advantage… — Benjamin Franklin
Parliaments are in all cases to declare what is good for the whole; but it is not the declaration of parliament that makes it so. — James Otis
That a Parliament, especially a Parliament with Newspaper Reporters firmly established in it, is an entity which by its very nature cannot do work, but… — Thomas Carlyle
I was very glad that Mr. Attlee described my speeches in the war as expressing the will not only of Parliament but of the whole… — Winston Churchill
I've always thought of my own mind as an unruly parliament, with a feeble leader, with crazy extremist factions. — Rivka Galchen
Braveheart is pure Australian shiteWilliam Wallace was a spy, a thief, a blackmailer - a c**t basically. And people are swallowing it. It's part of… — Billy Connolly
Parliament is more than procedure - it is the custodian of the nation's freedom. — John Diefenbaker
May the soul of the late President Milton Obote... a long-time member of this parliament, rest in peace. — Yoweri Museveni
We should never feel like we're going too far in breaking the law, because whatever laws you break to liberate animals or to protect the… — Paul Watson
Countries with more gender equality have better economic growth. Companies with more women leaders perform better. Peace agreements that include women are more durable. Parliaments… — Ban Ki-moon
I am resigning my post in the parliament. I have done this because I think it is the right thing to do. — Sonia Gandhi
The Western media tends to place a lot of emphasis on official institutions in Ukraine such as its supreme court, the central election commission, and… — Bob Schaffer
Add the hippie-rock-drugs atmosphere circa 1970, and you get Clinton's rechristened group Parliament, decked out in weird costumes, singing cosmic lyrics and laying down amazing… — Eddie Griffin
It is not the Government, the members of Parliament to whom the ultimate decision belongs, it is up to you to go forward sure of… — John Amery
It is necessary that I should qualify the doctrine of its being not men, but measures, that I am determined to support. In a monarchy… — Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux
However, democracy cannot be defined as the existence of parliaments and elections alone. — Recep Tayyip Erdogan
The principle of Parliamentary sovereignty means neither more nor less than this, namely, that Parliament thus defined has, under the English constitution, the right to… — A. V. Dicey
There are many members of parliament present here who know as well as I do that, if a man has not already been converted, it… — Fredrik Bajer
The situation in Greece just goes from bad to worse. We’ve now got a situation where there was the big suicide a few weeks ago,… — Nigel Farage
We are aware that it is said, that woman is virtually represented in Parliament, her interests being the same as those of man; but the… — Unknown Author
I felt really compromised. I think legal marriage is unnecessary and I would not have formalised the relationship [with husband Peter Davis] except for going… — Helen Clark
As to the question of elected or not elected, each member of the European Commission has been appointed jointly by the governments of the 15… — Mario Monti
There's going to be a new code on Parliament Hill: bend the rules, you will be punished; break the law, you will be charged; abuse… — Stephen Harper

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