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I think politics can no longer be assigned to parliamentary activity and it probably never could be. But politics with a small p and the… — Saffron Burrows
When a parliamentary or social majority decrees that it is legal, at least under certain conditions, to kill unborn human life, is it not really… — Pope John Paul II
We believed that growth through Local Government, and perhaps through some special machinery for bringing the wishes and influence of women of all classes to… — Mary Augusta Ward
It is simply the view, and a view I think shared by most members of the party, that it is very difficult to have a… — Francis Maude
Ukraine is going through a difficult time. There is nothing extraordinary of the resignation of the Ukrainian government ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections — Vladimir Putin
One of the most enjoyable things I do at Government House and when I travel around Australia is to talk with children. I tell them… — Quentin Bryce
You cannot choose between party government and Parliamentary government. I say you can have no Parliamentary government if you have no party government; and therefore… — Benjamin Disraeli
In 2012, the far-right Golden Dawn won 21 seats in Greece's parliamentary election, the right-wing Jobbik gained ground in my native Hungary, and the National… — George Soros
Little other than a red tape Talking-machine, and unhappy Bag of Parliamentary Eloquence. — Thomas Carlyle
By rejecting the authority of the individual and replacing it by the numbers of some momentary mob, the parliamentary principle of majority rule sins against… — Adolf Hitler
My own view is that if you filled every member of the parliamentary Labour party with a truth drug and lashed them to a polygraph… — Frank Dobson
The first organised opposition by women to women's suffrage in England dates from 1889, when a number of ladies led by Mrs Ward appealed against… — Millicent Fawcett
The noble Lord (Stanley) was the Prince Rupert to the Parliamentary army--his valour did not always serve his own cause. — Benjamin Disraeli
The stations of uncensored expression are closing down; the lights are going out; but there is still time for those to whom freedom and parliamentary… — Winston Churchill
It excites world wonder in the Parliamentary countries that we should build a Chamber, starting afresh, which can only seat two-thirds of its Members. It… — Winston Churchill
We, as conservative intellectuals, should not be in the business of making excuses for bad parliamentary decisions by Republican leaders in Congress. — David Frum
Our Parliamentary system has simply failed to meet the challenge of judicial activism. — Stockwell Day
Canada evolved within the British Empire: it inherited the Parliamentary system, the Cabinet system and all the other features of the British constitutional system which… — Stockwell Day
Mozart, Pascal, Boolean algebra, Shakespeare, parliamentary government, baroque churches, Newton, the emancipation of women, Kant, Balanchine ballets, et al. don’t redeem what this particular civilization… — Susan Sontag
The Anglo-Saxon genius for parliamentary government asserted itself; there was a great deal of talk and no decisive action. — H.G. Wells
The major western democracies are moving towards corporatism. Democracy has become a business plan, with a bottom line for every human activity, every dream, every… — John Pilger
...more than six people cannot agree on anything, three is better and one is perfect for a job that one can do. This is why… — Robert A. Heinlein
It is impossible to practice parliamentary politics without having patience, decency, politeness and courtesy. — Khaleda Zia
When I entered federal parliament at the end of 2007, I was appointed parliamentary secretary for disabilities. — Bill Shorten
The modern world is a meritocracy where you earn your own luck, old school ties count for nothing, and inherited privilege can even lose a… — Kate Reardon

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