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The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them in parliament.
Vladimir Lenin
Government
Class
Few
Every
Once
Parliament
Allowed
Particular
Years
Oppressed
Represent
Representatives
Repress
Decide
Which
Them
Everybody is a political person, whether you say something or you are silent. A political attitude is not whether you go to parliament; it's how you deal with your life, with your surroundings.
Paulo Coelho
Life
Attitude
You
Political
Everybody
Say
Silent
Something
Parliament
Deal
How
Go
Surroundings
Person
Whether
Your
It wasn't long before people discovered the final horrors of letting an urchin into Parliament.
Bernadette Devlin
People
Long
Before
Final
Horrors
Parliament
Discovered
Letting
The English think they are free. They are free only during the election of members of parliament.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Election
Free
Think
Members
Only
Parliament
English
The Liberal Party will not vote - no Liberal member of Parliament will vote - to take away a woman's right to choose.
Justin Trudeau
Vote
Woman
Will
Party
Liberal
Liberal Party
Member
Parliament
Take
Choose
Away
Right
We all know what Parliament is, and we are all ashamed of it.
Robert Louis Stevenson
Parliament
Know
Ashamed
The country voted to leave the European Union, and it is the duty of the Government and of Parliament to make sure we do just that.
Theresa May
Government
Country
Duty
Parliament
Voted
Make
Sure
Leave
Just
Union
European
European Union
Parliament's job is to conduct discussions. But many a time, Parliament is used to ignore issues, and in such situations, obstruction of Parliament is in the favour of democracy. Therefore, parliamentary obstruction is not undemocratic.
Arun Jaitley
Time
Democracy
Job
Favour
Parliament
Parliamentary
Obstruction
Issues
Conduct
Discussions
Situations
Used
Ignore
Many
Therefore
Italy is a tough country to be a comedian in - I can't invent stuff like this. Nearly eighty crooks in Parliament - that's about one crook in twelve. It's worse than Scampia, the most dangerous Naples slum, which is infested by the Camorra, the Neapolitan mafia. There, the criminals are only one in fifteen!
Beppe Grillo
Dangerous
Crook
Invent
Tough
Country
Worse
Criminals
Mafia
Crooks
About
Slum
Only
Parliament
Stuff
Like
Comedian
Most
Naples
Italy
Than
Eighty
Which
Fifteen
Twelve
Nearly
Fascism in Uruguay did not begin just with the military coup of 1973, but years before, even when there was still a government with a constitution and parliament.
Jose Mujica
Government
Constitution
Before
Military
Parliament
Coup
Still
Years
Begin
Did
Just
Fascism
Even
Parliament must not be told a direct untruth, but it's quite possible to allow them to mislead themselves.
Norman Tebbit
Possible
Must
Direct
Parliament
Allow
Mislead
Quite
Them
Themselves
I don't tour the TV studios. I don't gossip over lunch. I don't drink in Parliament's bars. I don't wear my heart on my sleeve. I just get on with the job in front of me.
Theresa May
Me
Heart
Gossip
Job
Lunch
Sleeve
TV
Wear
Drink
Parliament
Tour
Studios
Over
Get
Front
Just
Bars
If you take 10,000 chimpanzees and cram them together into Wembley Stadium or the Houses of Parliament, you will get chaos. But if you take 10,000 people who have never met before, they can co-operate and create amazing things.
Yuval Noah Harari
You
Together
People
Amazing
Will
Met
Before
Chaos
Parliament
Take
Never
Houses
Amazing Things
Get
Stadium
Cram
Them
Create
Who
Things
After the war, prompted by the Cardinal Archbishop of Paris, I entered Parliament so that a priest could speak out for the poor, as canon law at that time still permitted.
Abbe Pierre
War
Time
Speak
Law
Entered
Out
Prompted
Archbishop
Paris
Could
Parliament
Priest
Still
Permitted
After
Canon
Poor
Cardinal
I owed it to my father that I was elected to Parliament in the first place, but I owed it to my mother that I stuck it out once I got there.
Agnes Macphail
Mother
Father
First
Once
Out
Stuck
Parliament
First Place
Got
Owed
Place
Elected
I work with the people in the piazza, where there is reality. Here in Parliament, often there is a mystification of reality. They are not representatives of the people. They represent themselves and their own interests.
Alessandra Mussolini
Work
Reality
People
Own
Parliament
Represent
Often
Representatives
Where
Themselves
Interests
Here
Would it be possible to stand still on one spot more majestically - while simulating a triumphant march forward - than it is done by the two English Houses of Parliament?
Alexander Herzen
Possible
Would
Triumphant
More
Parliament
Houses
Spot
Still
Than
Done
While
Stand
English
Forward
March
Two
No law is permanent or steady. The law is not made of steel. The law is made by Parliament. It goes to the people, to the ground. A lot many suggestions come once it is implemented. So many laws have been amended after receiving people's suggestions.
Amit Shah
People
Law
Made
Once
No Law
Steady
Laws
Steel
Parliament
Implemented
Come
Permanent
Been
Lot
Amended
Goes
After
Ground
Many
Receiving
Suggestions
When I was a youngster, I and people like us, who are educated and progressive-minded, did not take interest in politics. But then I realised that half of the parliament is being run by politicians with criminal records.
Andrea Jeremiah
Politics
People
Half
Politicians
Criminal
Run
Records
Parliament
Take
Like
Educated
Did
Being
Realised
Interest
Then
Us
Youngster
Who
The U.K. will leave the European Union, freedom of movement will end, and the British parliament will decide how many people come to live here.
Andrea Leadsom
Freedom
People
Will
Live
Parliament
Come
How
How Many People
Leave
End
Movement
Decide
Union
European
Many
European Union
Here
British
Parliament's centuries of history have been overwhelmingly dominated by men, but things are changing.
Andrea Leadsom
History
Men
Changing
Parliament
Been
Dominated
Centuries
Things
My Twitter feed is polluted with vitriolic personal abuse, much of it gendered. Like almost all female Members of Parliament, I have both seen and experienced inappropriate and sexist behaviour.
Andrea Leadsom
Seen
Twitter
Members
Sexist
Both
Parliament
Feed
Almost
Almost All
Abuse
Like
Female
Personal
Behaviour
Experienced
Polluted
Inappropriate
Much
Transparency will be at the heart of everything I do - it's what parliament expects, and it's what the public deserves.
Andrea Leadsom
Heart
Will
Everything
Parliament
Expects
Public
Transparency
Deserves
Over the centuries, the country has looked on as Parliament has faced historic decisions. Even in the most challenging of times, we have pulled together and put our duty above all else.
Andrea Leadsom
Together
Country
Duty
Else
Our
Faced
Above
Parliament
Put
Over
Most
Looked
Historic
Times
Decisions
Centuries
Even
Challenging
Pulled
The U.K.'s climate change act was passed by a majority of 463 votes to three. That is really quite extraordinary. The will of parliament has rarely been expressed so strongly and unambiguously.
Andrea Leadsom
Change
Will
Three
Extraordinary
Rarely
Strongly
Parliament
Votes
Majority
Climate
Passed
Climate Change
Been
Quite
Really
Act
Expressed
I'm passionate about parliament democracy.
Andrea Leadsom
Democracy
About
Parliament
Passionate
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