#parliament

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

— Stephen Harper

#minority #other #parliament #people #want

The Leader of the Opposition's constitutional obligation - the obligation to Parliament - it's the reason we did the merger! - is to make sure Canadians have an alternative for government. ↗

— Stephen Harper

#canadians #constitutional #did #government #leader

We'll support the government on issues if it's essential to the country but our primary responsibility is not to prop up the government, our responsibility is to provide an opposition and an alternative government for Parliament and for Canadians. ↗

— Stephen Harper

#canadians #country #essential #government #issues

The Stuart sovereigns of England steadily attempted to strengthen their power, and the resistance to that effort caused an immense growth of Parliamentary influence. ↗

— Albert Bushnell Hart

#caused #effort #england #growth #immense

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

#english #forward #houses #march #more

I don't want to be a lobbyist. I want to provide strategic advice to companies. I said both of those things in the course of the interview, and I made clear this is a matter only for after I had become a private citizen and I was no longer a member of parliament. ↗

— Geoff Hoon

#after #become #both #citizen #clear

The government can access these funds but only following approval by the parliament to support our budget requirements and investments in infrastructure development, education, public health, and so on. ↗

— Jose Ramos-Horta

#approval #budget #development #education #following

It is, and long has been my opinion, and I have heard honourable members in this House declare it to be theirs - that it is the duty of Parliament equally to protect all the different interests in the country. ↗

— Joseph Hume

#country #declare #different #duty #equally

A Parliament is nothing less than a big meeting of more or less idle people. ↗

— Walter Bagehot

#idle #less #meeting #more #more or less

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 Barry

#american #any #apparently #had #high