Parliaments Quotes

30 quotes by 25 authors

Kings or parliaments could not give the rights essential to happiness... We claim them from a higher source - from the King of kings, and… — John Dickinson
The time has now come for the nation to turn a new page in Australia's history by righting the wrongs of the past and so… — Kevin Rudd
All Congresses and Parliaments have a kindly feeling for idiots, and a compassion for them, on account of personal experience and heredity. — Mark Twain
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
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
However, democracy cannot be defined as the existence of parliaments and elections alone. — Recep Tayyip Erdogan
It is wonderful how preposterously the affairs of the world are managed. We assemble parliaments and councils to have the benefit of collected wisdom, but… — Benjamin Franklin
Parliaments have stopped laughing at woman suffrage, and politicians have begun to dodge! It is the inevitable premonition of coming victory. — Carrie Chapman Catt
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
This is crossing the Rubicon, after which there will be no more sovereign states in Europe with fully-fledged governments and parliaments which represent legitimate interests… — Vaclav Klaus
The church's teaching on marriage is unequivocal, it is uniquely, the union of a man and a woman and it is wrong that governments, politicians… — Keith O'Brien
When we fled from the oppressions of kings and parliaments in Europe, to found this great Republic in America, we brought with us the laws… — Caleb Cushing
The unions still have a job to do, representing their members' interests to governments and parliaments. And I think collective agreements still have a role,… — Jacques Delors
The State exists simply to promote and to protect the ordinary happiness of human beings in this life. A husband and wife chatting over a… — C.S. Lewis
Parliaments cannot right the world; but enough individuals feeling love can. — Lester Levenson
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
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
Democracy isn't solely about polite conversations in parliaments. It needs to be continually refreshed with raw passions, anger and ideals. — Geoff Mulgan
To all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces, to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of… — Barack Obama
Parliaments are the great lie of our time. — Konstantin Pobedonostsev

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