Expensive Quote by Jacob Rees-Mogg Download Open image “One doesn't need money to run for Parliament, but it is undoubtedly expensive.” — Jacob Rees-Mogg ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.9 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Expensive Money Need Parliament Run
Members of the public would be forgiven for thinking that it is MPs who are lazy and that it is parliament that is failing… — Margaret Hodge Copy Share Image
To enlist the support of the people and of parliament, you only have to propose a profitable villainy. — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated. — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
Who could be luckier than to be paid fairly well, which to be honest MPs are, for pursuing their hobby.? That's what politics is. — David Penhaligon Copy Share Image
It never fails to astonish me how cheaply a politician can be bought. — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
I happened to be one of those who thought all these expenses necessary, and I had the good fortune to have the majority of… — Robert Walpole Copy Share Image
A Parliament is nothing less than a big meeting of more or less idle people. — Walter Bagehot Copy Share Image
Parliament has become so undermined it is almost unable to do the job that people expect of it. A glaring example is the budget… — Sheila Fraser Copy Share Image
It takes money to run political campaigns. This is a cancer growing on the soul of our democracy. — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
I'm suggesting that the prohibition on people who survive on money coming from government, that includes pensioners and public servants, standing for Parliament -… — Bob Brown Copy Share Image
Normally, people give up parliament because they want to do more business or spend more time with family. My wife said 'why don't you… — Tony Benn Copy Share Image
I personally think money in politics on any level is horrible. I'd like to see a set amount and have every candidate spend it.… — Rick Santelli Copy Share Image
It is hard to see taxing plastic bags as one of the great issues of our time that merits the foremost place in our… — Jacob Rees-Mogg Copy Share Image
I believe that politicians should implement the promises that they've given in manifestos. — Jacob Rees-Mogg Copy Share Image
I think that conservative principles have a broad appeal, and you should state them boldly, and the point of a Conservative election is to… — Jacob Rees-Mogg Copy Share Image
Subsidising inefficient businesses does not encourage them to become more competitive and means that extra money has to be taken from tax payers for… — Jacob Rees-Mogg Copy Share Image
It is of considerable importance that politicians stick to their commitments or do not make such commitments in the first place. — Jacob Rees-Mogg Copy Share Image
If we want to change a law, we can do that in Parliament. That is a democratic right that has often been taken from… — Jacob Rees-Mogg Copy Share Image
We are the Conservative and Unionist party. No Conservative would do anything to harm the union, and that crucially includes Northern Ireland. — Jacob Rees-Mogg Copy Share Image
I think, with a negotiation, you have to go in knowing what you want, knowing what your bottom line is, and knowing what you… — Jacob Rees-Mogg Copy Share Image
A constitutional monarchy requires the monarch to be above politics but to be fully informed about politics. — Jacob Rees-Mogg Copy Share Image
It is obviously sensible the crossing of a border ought not to protect a criminal from the consequences of his crime. — Jacob Rees-Mogg Copy Share Image
Press freedom has great virtues. It is not about irresponsible scandal-mongering, although that may be part of the picture. It is a means of… — Jacob Rees-Mogg Copy Share Image
In the U.S., free speech and the press are protected by the First Amendment. It has a clarity unmatched by modern legislators and declares… — Jacob Rees-Mogg Copy Share Image
Consumers can choose organic cotton grown without pesticides, but it uses more water and requires more land than conventional crops. Organic cotton can also… — Tatiana Schlossberg Copy Share Image
The liveness of theater, and the excitement of experiencing it alongside an audience, is something you can't get at home. That makes the theater… — Nick Blaemire Copy Share Image
This is not really currency that circulates. It's like the old joke about expensive vintage wine. Wine prices will go up and once in a while somebody will buy a 50-year-old bottle of wine and say, "Wait a minute. This has gone bad." The answer is, "Well, that wine isn't for drinking; that's for trading." These $100 bills aren't meant… — Michael Hudson Copy Share
I watched a film called 'Elephant' recently. Its not stylish in the sense of expensive suits and Italian cars, but the styling on every… — Tinie Tempah Copy Share Image
The creatives, they want to connect with people. These artists, the clothing designers, they want to connect with people the same way that music gets to connect with people. But the cost of silk is too expensive. And they won't lower their quality levels. So I can spend $2 million on a record and give it out in a democratic… — Kanye West Copy Share
We blacks were the first people embracing Obama, long before the people at expensive fundraisers were supporting him. We gave him his first love,… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
There are a number of much less expensive alternatives to detaining immigrants than locking them up somewhere. — Bill Foster Copy Share Image
It was doing very well; it was doing particularly well outside of England. It was a very big seller for Carlton Television. But it… — Derek Jacobi Copy Share Image
Once I got a guitar that was relatively user-friendly, but not super-duper easy, I really came on as a guitarist, at that point. It… — Jimmy Page Copy Share Image
