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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
You cannot have man legislating and playing God in Parliament, and at the same time believe that Allah is the only legislator. — Clarissa Ward
A chair's function is not just to provide a place to sit; it is to provide a medium for self-expression. Chairs are about status, for… — Evan Davis
Our Parliamentary system has simply failed to meet the challenge of judicial activism. — Stockwell Day
As states subsist in part by keeping their weaknesses from being known, so is it the quiet of families to have their chancery and their… — John Donne
I don't mind being a symbol but I don't want to become a monument. There are monuments all over the Parliament Buildings and I've seen… — Tommy Douglas
A man's accomplishments in life are the cumulative effect of his attention to detail. — John Foster Dulles
History is rich with adventurous men, long on charisma, with a highly developed instinct for their own interests, who have pursued personal power - bypassing… — Umberto Eco
Media populism means appealing to people directly through media. A politician who can master the media can shape political affairs outside of parliament and even… — Umberto Eco
Slight not what's near through aiming at what's far. — Euripides
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
People feel that the EU is a one-way process, a great machine that sucks up decision-making from national parliaments to the European level until everything… — William Hague
The Bill of Rights was intended to secure freedom of speech - the freedom of speech of members of parliament to speak freely rather than… — William Hague
If you want to be a government in a minority Parliament, you have to work with other people. — Stephen Harper
The Leader of the Opposition's constitutional obligation - the obligation to Parliament - it's the reason we did the merger! - is to make sure… — Stephen Harper
We'll support the government on issues if it's essential to the country but our primary responsibility is not to prop up the government, our responsibility… — Stephen Harper
Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things… — Vaclav Havel
People must not do things for fun. We are not here for fun. There is no reference to fun in any Act of Parliament. — A. P. Herbert
Not in the constitution, but I would propose a law to the French parliament that provides for reducing the budget deficit year by year, until… — Francois Hollande
It is a bit embarrassing to have been concerned with the human problem all one's life and find at the end that one has no… — Aldous Huxley
Russian Parliament today is a bunch of puppets that just fall in with the instructions from Kremlin. — Garry Kasparov
It is true that I entered parliament at the age of 23, and have now been representing the people of my constituency for over twenty… — Charles Kennedy
The art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has just done you a small favor wish that he might have done you… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Until the control of the issue of currency and credit is restored to government and recognized as its most conspicuous and sacred responsibility, all talks… — William Lyon Mackenzie King
Canadians can get Parliament working again. Here's how to do that: elect more New Democrats. — Jack Layton

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