My function in life is not to be a politician in Parliament: it is to get something done. Votes: 5
Bernadette DevlinA Parliament is nothing less than a big meeting of more or less idle people. Votes: 4
Walter BagehotIt wasn't long before people discovered the final horrors of letting an urchin into Parliament. Votes: 4
Bernadette DevlinI think we can get respect for Parliament back providing governments and oppositions are frank. Votes: 4
John MajorRussian Parliament today is a bunch of puppets that just fall in with the instructions from Kremlin. Votes: 4
Garry KasparovThe Scottish Parliament, adjourned on the 25th of March 1707 is hereby reconvened. Votes: 3
Winnie EwingParliament is more than procedure - it is the custodian of the nation's freedom. Votes: 3
John DiefenbakerThere's not enough of us in the Northern Territory in Federal Parliament to squabble. Votes: 3
Nigel ScullionParliament itself would not exist in its present form had people not defied the law. Votes: 3
Arthur ScargillCanadians can get Parliament working again. Here's how to do that: elect more New Democrats. Votes: 3
Jack LaytonI am glad to learn that the Parliament Bill has been passed for the Darlington Railway. Votes: 3
George StephensonSorry, but we live in a democracy and the Government has to be responsive to Parliament. Votes: 3
Jeremy CorbynI've been in the Labour Party 50 years and it's 40-odd since I was elected to Parliament Votes: 3
Roy HattersleyNo expense has been incurred but what has been approved of and provided for by Parliament. Votes: 3
Robert WalpoleIt is with deep regret that the determination to assemble Parliament has been so long delayed. Votes: 3
Henry AddingtonIt is with deep regret that the determination to assemble Parliament has been so long delayed. Votes: 3
Henry Addington, 1st Viscount SidmouthIn Parliament we debate on and we decide the laws that are going to govern the country. Votes: 3
Diane AbbottI look forward to the day when the Westminster Parliament is just a council chamber in Europe Votes: 3
Kenneth ClarkeIf you want to be a government in a minority Parliament, you have to work with other people. Votes: 3
Stephen HarperWe should no longer seek to have Budget surplus by end of Parliament. We should avoid tax rises. Votes: 3
Theresa MayEvery government is a parliament of whores. The trouble is, in a democracy, the whores are us. Votes: 2
P. J. O'RourkeThe English think they are free. They are free only during the election of members of parliament. Votes: 1
Jean-Jacques RousseauNobody is sure of his life, property and health when the parliament deliberates. Votes: 0
Janusz Korwin-MikkeImproved turnout will give parliament and government the appearance of being more legitimate. Votes: 0
Peter LynchI don't want to privatise part of the parliament, like some people in Russia. Votes: 0
Victor PinchukConscience is the parliament in our mind. It depends on who holds the majority Votes: 0
Bangambiki HabyarimanaIn the parliament of the present every man represents a constituency of the past. Votes: 0
James Russell LowellThe only politician ever to have entered parliament with honourable intentions, was Guy Fawkes. Votes: 0
Terry DearyWe need a global parliament, a global government and possibly a global ministry for security. Votes: 0
Lech WalesaI am an Orangeman first and a politician and member of this parliament [Stormont] afterwards. Votes: 0
William Lane CraigIn every governmental speech I give before state parliament, I say: Bavaria will remain Bavaria. Votes: 0
Horst SeehoferActs of terror have never brought down liberal democracies. Acts of parliament have closed a few. Votes: 0
William Eldridge OdomI am a man of parliament, a man of the people. I am not a representative of the executives. Votes: 0
Martin Schulz[After her election to the British Parliament and being welcomed to 'the most exclusive men's club in Europe':] It won't be exclusive long. When I came in, I left the door wide open! Votes: 6 Nancy Astor
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? Votes: 2 Alexander Herzen
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. Votes: 2 Walter Bagehot