Robert Walpole Quotes
No expense has been incurred but what has been approved of and provided for by Parliament.
Robert Walpole
Quotes to Explore
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Every member of Parliament has been sent there by Canadians, and that decision should be respected, and that member of Parliament should be respected.
Jack Layton
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Until the control of the issue of currency and credit is restored to government and recognized as its most conspicuous and sacred responsibility, all talks of the sovereignty of Parliament and of democracy is idle and futile.
Mackenzie King
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A man whose desire is to be something separate from himself, to be a member of Parliament, or a successful grocer, or a prominent solicitor, or a judge, or something equally tedious, invariably succeeds in being what he wants to be. That is his punishment. Those who want a mask have to wear it.
Oscar Wilde
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Anybody can have common sense, provided that they have no imagination.
Oscar Wilde
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There is no more striking illustration of the immobility of British institutions than the House of Commons.
H. H. Asquith
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I got the impression from the government that they don't see any basic difficulties in parliament ... Parliament is is recess but people continue to work on the law.
Javier Solana
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Can one serve God and one's nation in parliament?
William Wilberforce
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Let a short Act of Parliament be passed, placing all street musicians outside the protection of the law, so that any citizen
may assail them with stones, sticks, knives, pistols or bombs without incurring any penalties.
George Bernard Shaw
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The soul can do without everything except the word of God, without which none at all of its wants are provided for.
Martin Luther
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Parliament will train you to talk; and above all things to hear, with patience, unlimited quantities of foolish talk.
Thomas Carlyle
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Life is meaningless, but worth living, provided you recognize it's meaningless.
Albert Camus
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To the South African parliament: I do not know why we equate - and with the examples before us - a white skin with civilization.
Helen Suzman
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Watch me now. Try. Couldn't walk down that line. Just pass me by. Just passing by.
Pete Yorn
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Once a week, I spend a day luxuriating in bed. I like staying in my house, pottering around, and maybe cooking or just laying around reading. I love doing yoga and transcendental meditation.
Heather Graham
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I realized that becoming a doctor, I can only help a small community. But by becoming a politician, I can help my whole country.
Malala Yousafzai
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I think that poetry is an act of celebration, that anytime you're writing a poem, it means that you're celebrating something, even if it's a sad poem, if it's an angry poem, a political poem or anything at all. The fact that you're taking the time and energy to pick up this thing and hold it to the light, and say, "Let's take some time to consider this," means that you've deemed it worthy enough to spend time on - which, in my opinion, is celebrating.
Sarah Kay
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No expense has been incurred but what has been approved of and provided for by Parliament.
Robert Walpole
