Custodians Quote by John Diefenbaker Download Open image “Parliament is more than procedure - it is the custodian of the nation's freedom.” — John Diefenbaker ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Custodian Nation Custodians Freedom Inspirational Nation Freedom Nations Parliament Parliament Procedure Procedures
The parliament is the supreme decision-making and legislative body in any democracy. It reflects the collective desires of the citizens and makes laws. — Ziauddin Sardar Copy Share Image
A Parliament is that to the Commonwealth which the soul is to the body. It behoves us therefore to keep the facility of that… — John Pym Copy Share Image
In a parliamentary democracy, it is the job of parliament to decide the law, not the government. — Angela Rayner Copy Share Image
Britain is a parliamentary democracy. Power rests in Parliament, in the House of Commons, and the government - the executive - has to seek… — Caroline Lucas Copy Share Image
Parliament is for discussion. Parliament is to show dissent. Parliament is to give an argument for one's opposition, to present an argument when they… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
The principle of Parliamentary sovereignty means neither more nor less than this, namely, that Parliament thus defined has, under the English constitution, the right… — A. V. Dicey Copy Share Image
Parliament of the country is the repository of the sovereign will of the people, and its successful functioning is a joint responsibility of both… — Pratibha Patil Copy Share Image
Parliaments are in all cases to declare what is good for the whole; but it is not the declaration of parliament that makes it… — James Otis Copy Share Image
In a mature democracy, what is legal is decided by parliament... Our process is legitimised by parliament and by the ballot box. — Carles Puigdemont Copy Share Image
The purpose of privilege is not to place parliamentarians above the law, but rather to allow them to carry out their duties independently and… — John Allen Fraser Copy Share Image
The function of parliament is to hold the executive to account. We should never overlook the primacy of parliament. — Betty Boothroyd Copy Share Image
What is the difference between a cactus and a conservative caucus? On a cactus, the pricks are on the outside. — John Diefenbaker Copy Share Image
That one never asks a question unless he knows the answer is basic to parliamentary questioning. — John Diefenbaker Copy Share Image
I've lived history. I've made history, and I know I'll have my place in history. That's not egoism. — John Diefenbaker Copy Share Image
We must vigilantly stand on guard within our own borders for human rights and fundamental freedoms which are our proud heritage…w e cannot take… — John Diefenbaker Copy Share Image
I have one love - Canada; one purpose - Canada's greatness; one aim - Canadian unity from the Atlantic to the Pacific. — John Diefenbaker Copy Share Image
In Pierre Trudeau, Canada has finally produced a Prime Minister worthy of assassination. — John Diefenbaker Copy Share Image
“He who does not know the past can never understand the present, and he certainly can do nothing for the future.” — John Diefenbaker Copy Share Image
There can be no dedication to Canada's future without a knowledge of its past. — John Diefenbaker Copy Share Image
When you come to Parliament on your first day, you wonder how you ever got here. After that, you wonder how the other 263… — John Diefenbaker Copy Share Image
One moment it's a cathedral, at another time there is no words to describe it when it ceases, for short periods of time, to… — John Diefenbaker Copy Share Image
Perhaps we have failed as human beings. Perhaps we have embarrassed ourselves to the natural world. We have been rigorous and willful in all… — Sufjan Stevens Copy Share Image
Justice! Custodian of the world! But since the world errs, justice must be custodian of the world's errors. — Ugo Betti Copy Share Image
You are the treasure custodian, cleaning the moon for me, scouring the sky so the stars would shine bright. — Lisa Loeb Copy Share Image
It is impossible to wait and weigh, in golden scales, the sentiments of prejudice and superstition that have gathered round the priests who are… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
I hope ["reanimated the papacy"] means that the new interest in the pope evokes a new interest in the Church's teaching, of which the… — George Weigel Copy Share Image
Comrades ! You have voluntarily accepted a mission that is the noblest that the human mind can conceive of. For the fulfillment of such… — Subhas Chandra Bose Copy Share Image
No one else has access to the world you carry around within yourself; you are its custodian and entrance. No one else can see… — John O'Donohue Copy Share Image
The vitality of thought is in adventure. Idea's won't keep. Something must be done about them. When the idea is new, its custodians have… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
Universities are the custodians not only of the many cultures of man, but of the rational process itself. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Leaders are the custodians of a nation's ideals, of the beliefs it cherishes, of its permanent hopes, of the faith which makes a nation… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
I believe this nation hungers for a spiritual revival; hungers to once again see honor placed above political expediency; to see government once again… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
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