British parliament Quote by Thomas Jefferson
![“[T]he dignity of parliament it seems can brook no opposition to it's power. Strange that a set of men who have made sale of theirvirtue to the minister should yet talk of retaining dignity!” quote by Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/696/thomas-jefferson-43_british-parliament_t-he-dignity-of-parliament-it-seems-can_150191.jpg)
“[T]he dignity of parliament it seems can brook no opposition to it's power. Strange that a set of men who have made sale of theirvirtue to the minister should yet talk of retaining dignity!”
“[T]he dignity of parliament it seems can brook no opposition to it's power. Strange that a set of men who have made sale of theirvirtue to the minister should yet talk of retaining dignity!”
![“[T]here is only one sound argument for democracy, and that is the argument that it is a crime for any man to hold himself out as better than other men, and, above all, a most heinous offense for him to prove it.” quote by H. L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/43b/h-l-mencken-245_argument_t-here-is-only-one-sound-argument-for-de_1268457.jpg)
![“[To Parliament, when it urged her to marry and settle the succession:] You attend to your own duties and I'll perform mine.” quote by Elizabeth I](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/33c/elizabeth-i-3475_assertiveness_to-parliament-when-it-urged-her-to-marry_676011.jpg)
![“[A ruler is merely] the trustee of the rights of other men and he must always stand in dread of having in some way violated these rights.” quote by Immanuel Kant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/bd6/immanuel-kant-532_dread_a-ruler-is-merely-the-trustee-of-the-rig_432604.jpg)
![“[States and the Federal government are] coordinate departments of one simple and integral whole... The one is the domestic, the other the foreign branch of the same government.” quote by Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/401/thomas-jefferson-43_branches_states-and-the-federal-government-are-co_2619.jpg)
![“Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of a day; but a series of oppressions, begun at a distinguished period and pursued unalterably through every change of ministers, too plainly prove a deliberate, systematic plan of reducing [a people] to slavery.” quote by Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/00c/thomas-jefferson-43_change_single-acts-of-tyranny-may-be-ascribed-t_5515.jpg)
![“Though you cannot see, when you take one step, what will be the next, yet follow truth, justice, and plain dealing, and never fear their leading you out of [any difficult situation] in the easiest manner possible...” quote by Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ebe/thomas-jefferson-43_difficult_though-you-cannot-see-when-you-take-one_9828.jpg)
![“[Congress] is not the British Parliament, and I hope it never will become the British Parliament... Are we going to bring the president in here and have a question period like the prime minister has in Great Britain?” quote by Trent Lott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/20a/trent-lott-20071_britain_congress-is-not-the-british-parliament-a_731493.jpg)
![“When the resolution of enslaving America was formed in Great Britain, the British parliament was advised by an artful man [Sir William Keith], who was governor of Pennsylvania, to disarm the people. That it was the best and most effectual way to enslave them. But that they should not do it openly…” quote by George Mason](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ba9/george-mason-8435_2-amendment_when-the-resolution-of-enslaving-america_844300.jpg)
![“[After her election to the British Parliament and being welcomed to 'the most exclusive men's club in Europe':] It won't be exclusive long. When I came in, I left the door wide open!” quote by Nancy Astor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9c2/nancy-astor-16977_british_after-her-election-to-the-british-parlia_2538350.jpg)
