159 Parliament Quotes for You to Enjoy

On NAFTA, the Canadian Parliament... is united. We have our partisan differences. When we hold the government to account, as is our role in our parliamentary system, we will absolutely point out what we think they should be doing differently. But when it comes to our relationship with the United States, we do speak with one voice. Andrew Scheer

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There are occasions when obstruction in Parliament brings greater benefits to the country. Arun Jaitley

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My function in life is not to be a politician in Parliament: it is to get something done. Bernadette Devlin

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Basically, I have no place in organized politics. By coming to the British Parliament, I've allowed the people to sacrifice me at the top and let go the more effective job I should be doing at the bottom. Bernadette Devlin

When I was first elected to parliament 18 years ago, one of the many things that struck me and that I still feel now is how the Labour Party, the party of collective action, can, at MP level and above, behave in such an individualistic way. Bob Ainsworth

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Is there some reason why the quality of people going into the parliament is not as high? I don't know the complete answer, but I think - in fact, I'm sure - that part of it is the increasing intrusiveness of the media - the general media and social media - into the private lives of politicians and their families. Bob Hawke

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I could not disobey the will of the Catalan parliament. Carles Puigdemont

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In a mature democracy, what is legal is decided by parliament... Our process is legitimised by parliament and by the ballot box. Carles Puigdemont

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As president, I have the right to call a referendum based on a law that the Catalan parliament has approved. Carles Puigdemont

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As members of the executive, we are accountable to Parliament. Cyril Ramaphosa

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My parents were really into music. They would play the Funkadelics, Parliament, OutKast; they would just play that all around the house. They'd also play Isaac Hayes, Marvin Gaye, James Brown. Denzel Curry

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In Parliament we debate on and we decide the laws that are going to govern the country. Diane Abbott

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If parliament and government work together in their respective constitutional roles, and respect due processes, we will maximise our chances of making the right decisions as we encounter the many challenges, risks and opportunities Brexit poses for our country. Dominic Grieve

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You always draw from your roots. I'm influenced by everything I hear and see, and that includes music today, but obviously I go back to my early influences: Stevie Wonder, Parliament, Earth, Wind & Fire, Ohio Players, Average White Band. Those kind of artists are what I look to. When I hear that stuff on the radio, I turn it up! Donny Osmond

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I knew it to be very doubtful whether the Cabinet, Parliament, and the country would take this view on the outbreak of war, and through the whole of this week I had in view the probable contingency that we should not decide at the critical moment to support France. Edward Grey

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I think that Jordan is strong. I think that they will hold on. I believe that they've already opened their parliament and their system, the press and others, to many voices... And I hope and wish that they will remain stable for a long time. Ehud Barak

For me, coming from the women's movement, politics is not just about parties and parliament. There is politics in our private space and in gender relations as well. Wherever there's power, there's politics. Elif Safak

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The attack on the British embassy in Tehran came just days after the Iranian 'parliament' voted to expel the British ambassador, and therefore reeks of official complicity. Elliott Abrams

Tehran Embassy Complicity Attack Parliament Voted Days Came Iranian Ambassador Official Expel Just After Therefore British

A chair's function is not just to provide a place to sit; it is to provide a medium for self-expression. Chairs are about status, for example. Or signalling something about oneself. That's why the words chair, seat and bench have found themselves used to describe high status professions, from academia to Parliament to the law. Evan Davis

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I've always been really uninterested in politicians and the acts of the Houses of Parliament, or government as an idea. But I'm interested in politics in that I'm a member of the world, and I have strong feelings of right and wrong, but I can't get into the ins and outs of it. Ewan McGregor

Not in the constitution, but I would propose a law to the French parliament that provides for reducing the budget deficit year by year, until we have reached a balanced budget by 2017. Francois Hollande

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It is conceivable that a party might gain the majority in parliament and claims the government for itself. Franz von Papen

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Russian Parliament today is a bunch of puppets that just fall in with the instructions from Kremlin. Garry Kasparov

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