Democracy Quote by Kwasi Kwarteng Download Open image “One good outcome of elections is that fresh talent comes into the House of Commons.” — Kwasi Kwarteng ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Democracy Elections Fresh Good House Talent
Coming into the House of Commons from running my own manufacturing business in 2015, I have seen with my own eyes how improved our… — Heidi Allen Copy Share Image
Elections exist for the sake of the House of Commons and not the House of Commons for the sake of elections. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
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… — Theresa May Copy Share Image
The House of Commons is a great unwieldy body, which requires great Art and some Cordials to keep it loyal. — Henry Pelham Copy Share Image
I'm impatient not with the House of Commons as an institution, but with the way in which it is operated. This doesn't prove I… — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share Image
Only people who look dull ever get into the House of Commons, and only people who are dull ever succeed there. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I think a good MP is someone who cares for their community and becomes their champion, which is why I will make my home… — Adam Rickitt Copy Share Image
As someone who won both a Council seat and a parliamentary seat from the Tories, I know better than most how much well-resourced campaigns… — Wes Streeting Copy Share Image
You see how this House of Commons has begun to verify all the ill prophecies that were made of it - low, vulgar, meddling… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
I am aware that one should always make room for renewal in politics. A democracy is the healthier for the turnover of the depth… — Bob Brown Copy Share Image
I've always thought my main concern is to alleviate the burdens on people, who were earning less money, perhaps than £80,000. — Kwasi Kwarteng Copy Share Image
In Ghana, Nigeria, Togo, Angola and Cameroon maize is a staple, yet the earliest mention of maize in west Africa comes from a Portuguese… — Kwasi Kwarteng Copy Share Image
I don't see how a lowering of VAT helps much, in terms of stimulus. VAT is a form of sales tax. It gets paid… — Kwasi Kwarteng Copy Share Image
The British in South Africa always portrayed themselves as more enlightened and tolerant than the 'narrow-minded', 'intolerant' Boers. — Kwasi Kwarteng Copy Share Image
History is of all subjects the one which is most engaged with people's perceptions of themselves, identity, politics, all those things which shape the… — Kwasi Kwarteng Copy Share Image
In fact, the fast-changing, dynamic character of London makes perpetual Labour domination unlikely. Things are so fast-moving it would be impossible to say what… — Kwasi Kwarteng Copy Share Image
Using food as a way of understanding empire is highly effective. Food knows no barriers of race, gender or even time. — Kwasi Kwarteng Copy Share Image
Frontrunners always attract envy, and a desperate campaign to stop them in their tracks. — Kwasi Kwarteng Copy Share Image
I remember being told after the 1992 general election that Labour could never win a majority in Britain ever again. — Kwasi Kwarteng Copy Share Image
Margaret Thatcher was Britain's most controversial modern politician. — Kwasi Kwarteng Copy Share Image
Conservatives should never be shy in promoting a strong case for individual enterprise. We should acknowledge where the system doesn't work, and seek to… — Kwasi Kwarteng Copy Share Image
In our media-driven age, the mere fact of having name recognition is a big advantage. When the leadership election was confined only to Conservative… — Kwasi Kwarteng Copy Share Image
Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Philosopher is a dictator who modifies accepted standards with his thoughts. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
If the members of parliament no longer consider themselves mandatories of the taxpayers but deputies of those receiving salaries, wages, subsidies, doles, and other… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
For not only every democracy, but certainly every republic, bears within itself the seeds of its own destruction. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
America is a democracy and has no Hitler, but I am afraid for her future; there are hard times ahead for the American people,… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
There is plenty of time for Republicans to have a Macaca moment. But right now, as of October 17, 2014, the Republican Senate candidates… — Matthew Continetti Copy Share Image
Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern himself with… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
Vote for Donald Trump. You're going to see something and you'll be so happy, you'll be so thrilled. This [presidential] election is about every… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
The peaceful transition of power is one of the hallmarks of our democracy. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If you believe in democracy, why shouldn't you know what the government is doing? — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Failure to find a way to incorporate political Islam in democracy, however uncomfortable its ideology is for secular liberals, will mean we have given… — Crispin Blunt Copy Share Image