Criticism Quote by Tony Abbott

Criticism, any amount, we welcome it. Come, let's have a discussion - in Parliament, all the better.

— Lee Hsien Loong

I don't have the level of vitriol and hatred for the other side as some of my colleagues do.

— Mike Gallagher

This was an unhappy place to work. I think there has been bullying in parliament. I've never shied away from that.

— Lindsay Hoyle

I reiterate that I am strongly committed to working with those on all sides of politics to improve how Parliament operates.

— Peter Slipper

When I decided to go into politics I weighed the costs. I would get criticism. But I went ahead. So when virulent criticism came…

— Herbert Hoover

Parliamentary cretinism: that peculiar malady which since 1848 has raged all over the Continent, which holds those infected by it fast in an imaginary…

— Karl Marx

Our labour preserves us from three great evils -- weariness, vice, and want.

— Voltaire

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

Some of my colleagues who are criticized today for lack of forthright principles-or who are looked upon with scorn as compromising "politicians"-are simply engaged…

— John F. Kennedy

For members who have only ever been in government, the negativity and aggressiveness of the opposition is easy to caricature.

— Jason Kenney

At times I wonder whether or not your role as a member of Parliament... may in fact inhibit a relationship developing.

— Lara Giddings

For many years I have advocated 'redesigning Parliament' in a variety of ways - elect the Senate, do away with the 'confidence convention,' permit…

— Preston Manning