Approved Quote by Robert Walpole Download Open image “No expense has been incurred but what has been approved of and provided for by Parliament.” — Robert Walpole ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Approved Been Expense Expenses Parliament
In public administration there is no connection between revenue and expenditure. — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
When it comes to reforming MPs' expenses, the answer is simply to keep it simple: show us receipts as they're claimed and, where there… — Heather Brooke Copy Share Image
One doesn't need money to run for Parliament, but it is undoubtedly expensive. — Jacob Rees-Mogg Copy Share Image
There's not an appropriations bill in the last 10 years that the-that Democrats passed in the Congress. We haven't spent any money of your… — Chaka Fattah Copy Share Image
Governments have budgets but no money, companies have money but no budgets. — Shimon Peres 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
I'm big on this 'no budget, no pay.' I think that's important. Let's get right at the heart of the issue. Even when I… — Kurt Schrader Copy Share Image
Have I given any symptoms of an avaricious disposition? Have I obtained any grants from the crown since I have been placed at the… — Robert Walpole Copy Share Image
Admitting, however, for the sake of argument, that I am prime and sole minister in this country, am I, therefore, prime and sole minister… — Robert Walpole Copy Share Image
And here a most heinous charge is made, that the nation has been burdened with unnecessary expenses for the sole purpose of preventing the… — Robert Walpole Copy Share Image
Gentlemen have talked a great deal of patriotism. A venerable word, when duly practiced. — Robert Walpole Copy Share Image
I will not attempt to deny the reasonableness and necessity of a party war; but in carrying on that war all principles and rules… — Robert Walpole Copy Share Image
Some members of both Houses have, it is true, been removed from their employments under the Crown; but were they ever told, either by… — Robert Walpole Copy Share Image
The gratitude of place-expectants is a lively sense of future favours. — Robert Walpole Copy Share Image
I have never been afraid of making patriots; but I disdain and despise all their efforts. — Robert Walpole Copy Share Image
I can not, therefore, see how this can be imputed as a crime, or how any of the king's ministers can be blamed for… — Robert Walpole Copy Share Image
In mid-May, the House of Representatives approved the full amount of money that the Veterans Administration said was needed for next year - plus… — Doc Hastings Copy Share Image
Foreign journalists have to have an approved interpreter assigned them, which they have to pay for, who also acts as guide. As an Iranian,… — Hooman Majd Copy Share Image
Mental pleasures never cloy; unlike those of the body, they are increased by reputation, approved by reflection, and strengthened by enjoyment. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
The White House approved an exemption in Obamacare coverage for Congress and members of their staff. Members complained that the Affordable Care Act will… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
When I came to explain to them the 'Nelson Touch', it was like an electric shock. Some shed tears, all approved - 'It was… — Horatio Nelson Copy Share Image
The SEC got more than 100 rules to write under Dodd-Frank, the lion's share of all the agencies. And we've moved, I think, with… — Mary Schapiro Copy Share Image
In my schoolboy days I had no aversion to slavery. I was not aware there was anything wrong about it. No-one arraigned it in… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
When I first began examining the global-warming scare, I found nothing more puzzling than the way officially approved scientists kept on being shown to… — Christopher Booker Copy Share Image
There is nothing that can bring you closer to fearlessness about everything else in the world than being a parent - because everyday fears… — Arianna Huffington Copy Share Image
I should have known something was wrong with my first wife. When I brought her home to meet my parents, they approved of her. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
You wouldn't want to live a life in which you are loved or approved by all people on Earth or even within your own… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
That which concerns everyone must also be discussed and approved by everyone. — Guy Verhofstadt Copy Share Image