Administration Quote by Walter Bagehot

It has been said that England invented the phrase, 'Her Majesty's Opposition'.

— Walter Bagehot

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

We as a government are entitled to be criticised.

— Arun Jaitley

The Founders recognized that Government is quite literally a necessary evil, that there must be opposition, between its various branches, and between political parties,…

— David Mamet

“At one level, the Opposition's most urgent job, between now and the next election, is to publicise the government's mistakes. Randolph Churchill once declared…

— Tony Abbott MP

I look upon parliamentary government as the noblest government in the world, and certainly one most suited to England. But without the discipline of…

— Benjamin Disraeli

OPPOSITION, n. In politics the party that prevents the Government from running amuck by hamstringing it. The King of Ghargaroo, who had been abroad…

— Ambrose Bierce

“In the process of building an inspiring and attractive alternative government, Liberals will not follow in Lord Derby's oft-quoted advice, given in 1841, that…

— Brendan Nelson

OPPOSITION, n. In politics the party that prevents the Government from running amuck by hamstringing it. The King of Ghargaroo, who had been abroad…

— Ambrose Bierce

When England was a kingdom, we had a king. When we were an empire, we had an emperor. Now we're a country, and we…

— Kenny Everett

Government is a collective unity. There is no decision by cabinet which can be attributed to one individual.

— Emmerson Mnangagwa

Parliamentary democracy is, in truth, little more than a means of securing a periodical change in the management team, which is then allowed to…

— Tony Benn