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301 Parliament quotes by 232 unique authors

This open resistance to [Parliament's] authority can only have found place among the lower and more ignorant of the people. — Unknown Author
You must not deprive the colonies of their right to make laws for themselves. Parliament should only make laws necessary for the empire as a… — Thomas Hutchinson
The Stamp Act imposed on the colonies by the Parliament of Great Britain is an ill-judged measure. Parliament has no right to put its hands… — George Washington
From the woman who musters the courage to ask her husband to wear a condom, counter to cultural pressures, to the woman in Parliament who… — Unknown Author
The attractive idea that we can now have a parliament of man with authority to control the conduct of nations by legislation or an international… — Elihu Root
After that his Majesty was beheaded, the Parliament for some years effected nothing either for the publick peace or tranquillity of the nation, or settling… — William Lilly
Our system of government is one of checks and balances. It requires compromise.. compromise between the Executive and the Parliament, compromise between one House and… — Peter Costello
Common European thought is the fruit of the immense toil of translators. Without translators, Europe would not exist; translators are more important than members of… — Milan Kundera
Perhaps I had better inform my Protestant readers that the famous Dogma of Papal Infallibility is by far the most modest pretension of the kind… — George Bernard Shaw
The kind of people I myself represent in parliament; salary earners, shopkeepers, skilled artisans, professional men and women, farmers and so on, these are, in… — Robert Menzies
I tend to discourage people from calling me 'Sir Ian,' because I don't like being separated out from the rest of the population. Of course,… — Ian Mckellen
We need female advocates. I'd love to live in a world where there are as many women in parliament as men. — Emma Watson
People support CPF cuts because there are no protest outside parliament. — Lee Hsien Loong
You can't stand up for Canada with a banana for a backbone. — John Diefenbaker
Fortune may have yet a better success in reserve for you and they who lose today may win tomorrow. — Miguel de Cervantes
The man who thinks he can do without the world is indeed mistaken; but the man who thinks the world cannot do without him is… — Francois Truffaut
One of the criteria by which we measure the worth of public figures is whether or not their brand of bull is in step with… — John MacLachlan Gray
The common man, no matter how sharp and tough, actually enjoys having the wool pulled over his eyes, and makes it easier for the puller. — P T Barnum
I do not think you want too much sincerity in society. It would be like an iron girder in a house of cards. — W. Somerset Maugham
The secret of the demagogue is to make himself as stupid as his audience so they believe they are clever as he. — Karl Kraus
Obviously we don't have 300 million people. We haven't got a big army. We don't have Hollywood. We're a medium small-sized country. We have to… — John Ralston Saul
It is more honorable to repair a wrong than to persist in it. — Thomas Jefferson
To plunder, to lie, to show your arse, are three essentials for climbing high. — Aristophanes
In order to succeed in the world people do their upmost to appear successful. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
To praise princes for virtues they do not possess is to insult them without fear of consequences. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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