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


Norman Tebbit


#direct #mislead #must #parliament #possible

Only that Swiss in the heart want still a king or at least a strong Upper House of Parliament. Swiss long themselves for less democracy and more dictatorship.


Peter Bichsel


#dictatorship #heart #house #king #least

I don't mind being a symbol but I don't want to become a monument. There are monuments all over the Parliament Buildings and I've seen what the pigeons do to them.


Tommy Douglas


#being #buildings #i #mind #monument

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


#balanced budget #budget #budget deficit #constitution #deficit

I happened to be one of those who thought all these expenses necessary, and I had the good fortune to have the majority of both houses of Parliament on my side.


Robert Walpole


#expenses #fortune #good #good fortune #had

There are times when wisdom cannot be found in the chambers of parliament or the halls of academia but at the unpretentious setting of the kitchen table.


E.A. Bucchianeri


#humility #kitchen #kitchen-table #parliament #philosophical

Machiavelli's teaching would hardly have stood the test of Parliamentary government, for public discussion demands at least the profession of good faith.


Lord Acton


#discussion #faith #good #good faith #government

Dullness in matters of government is a good sign, and not a bad one - in particular, dullness in parliamentary government is a test of its excellence, an indication of its success.


Walter Bagehot


#bad one #dullness #excellence #good #good sign

It is not the Government, the members of Parliament to whom the ultimate decision belongs, it is up to you to go forward sure of your sacred right of free opinion, sure of your patriotism.


John Amery


#decision #forward #free #go #government

Pakistan has not recognized Israel... any such decision would be taken in supreme national interests after due consultation of the parliament.


Shaukat Aziz


#any #consultation #decision #due #interests






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