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The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them in parliament. — Vladimir Lenin
What happens when there is a conflict between the Scottish parliament, if it was established, and the Westminster parliament? Who is supreme? — John Major
I think we can get respect for Parliament back providing governments and oppositions are frank. — John Major
When you first come into Parliament, it's a daunting place because you feel you've so much to learn. Once you've been re-elected, you feel much… — Theresa May
The longer the title, the less important the job. — George McGovern
That is why if Lebanon concludes a peace agreement with Israel and brings that accord to the Parliament our deputies will reject it; Hezbollah refuses… — Hassan Nasrallah
I understand the damage the expenses crisis has done to Parliament, and the paramount importance of restoring trust in our politics. — George Osborne
I will take a short time out from being in Parliament when the baby is born but I'll still be doing my constituency work -… — Lucy Powell
The Massachusetts Land Bank, during Colonial times, prospered, and brought prosperity to the community, until it was forcibly suppressed by special act of Parliament. — John Buchanan Robinson
The English think they are free. They are free only during the election of members of parliament. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
As nations we should also commit afresh to righting past wrongs. In Australia we began this recently with the first Australians - the oldest continuing… — Kevin Rudd
We have used the presence of UNMIK, as well as other European and American agencies to establish a legal framework compatible with the European Union… — Ibrahim Rugova
I am confident that you brothers in parliament will champion the will of the people over that of the occupier. — Muqtada al Sadr
Women are not making it to the top. A hundred and ninety heads of state; nine are women. Of all the people in parliament in… — Sheryl Sandberg
My personal view is always I'm in favour of anything that gives parliament a greater say. That's after all what we were elected for. — Iain Duncan Smith
We all know what Parliament is, and we are all ashamed of it. — Robert Louis Stevenson
A court is an assembly of noble and distinguished beggars. — Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
No expense has been incurred but what has been approved of and provided for by Parliament. — Robert Walpole
The first years in Parliament I did nothing - nothing to any purpose. My own distinction was my darling object. — William Wilberforce
The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity. — William Butler Yeats
Democracy isn't solely about polite conversations in parliaments. It needs to be continually refreshed with raw passions, anger and ideals. — Geoff Mulgan
I didn't much like being in Parliament physically. I found it a bit depressing. It's very dark and heavy. I like being out and about. — Geoff Mulgan
Every isolated passion, is, in isolation, insane; sanity may be defined as synthesis of insanities. Every dominant passion generates a dominant fear, the fear of… — Bertrand Russell
Authority has always attracted the lowest elements in the human race. All through history, mankind has been bullied by scum. Those who lord it over… — P.J. O'Rourke
When the police arrived and found no lion, no broken wall, and no convicts, and the Head behaving like a lunatic, there was an inquiry… — C.S. Lewis

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