Parliament quotes

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◆ In 1765, Parliament passed the Stamp Act, which, as any American high school student can tell you, was an act that apparently had something to do with stamps.

- Dave Barry100

◆ An influential member of parliament has not only to pay much money to become such, and to give time and labour, he has also to sacrifice his mind too - at least all the characteristics part of it that which is original and most his own.

- Walter Bagehot99

◆ It wasn't long before people discovered the final horrors of letting an urchin into Parliament.

- Bernadette Devlin99

◆ Some politicians hold that the only way to make a revolutionary safe is to give him a seat in Parliament.

- CS Lewis99

◆ Parliament will train you to talk; and above all things to hear, with patience, unlimited quantities of foolish talk

- Thomas Carlyle99

◆ That a parliament, especially a Parliament with Newspaper Reporters firmly established in it, is an entity which by its very nature cannot do work, but can do talk only

- Thomas Carlyle99

◆ Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments

- Benjamin Franklin99

◆ Every government is a parliament of whores. The trouble is, in a democracy, the whores are us.

- P J O'Rourke99

◆ We all know what Parliament is, and we are all ashamed of it.

- Robert Louis Stevenson99

◆ Parliament must not be told a direct untruth, but it's quite possible to allow them to mislead themselves.

- Norman Tebbit99

◆ The English think they are free. They are free only during the election of members of parliament.

- Jean Jacques Rousseau99

◆ Canadians can get Parliament working again. Here's how to do that: elect more New Democrats.

- Jack Layton99

◆ Improved turnout will give parliament and government the appearance of being more legitimate.

- Peter Lynch99

◆ Our Parliamentary system has simply failed to meet the challenge of judicial activism.

- Stockwell Day99

◆ If you want to be a government in a minority Parliament, you have to work with other people.

- Stephen Harper99