Parliament Quotes
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We will and concede for us and all our heirs and successors, by the common counsel, assent and consent of the prelates, magnates, earls and barons and communities of our realm in our parliament that the Kingdom of Scotland, shall remain for ever separate in all respects from the Kingdom of England, in its entirety, free and in peace, without any kind of subjection, servitude, claim or demand.
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No expense has been incurred but what has been approved of and provided for by Parliament.
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Can one serve God and one's nation in parliament?
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On form of government, there should be checks and balances, and PM should be responsible to Parliament.
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There's not enough of us in the Northern Territory in Federal Parliament to squabble.
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Add the hippie-rock-drugs atmosphere circa 1970, and you get Clinton's rechristened group Parliament, decked out in weird costumes, singing cosmic lyrics and laying down amazing funk lines - also lines of other kinds. One observer describes Maggot Brain ... one of those guys with super technique that took a lot of acid and just went out from there.
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Shortly after the elections, Putin went so far as to inform us that Parliament was a place not for debate, but for legislative tidying up. He was pleased that the new Duma would not be given to debating.
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Labour completely accepts and recognises the vote to leave the EU. The question is what is the agenda for that process and that needs to be held to account in Parliament now and that means it needs to be open to a vote.
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It's not just a question of numbers. There will be more women in parliament who are conscious of women's rights ... There will also be women who are not committed to equality.
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The public treasure has been duly applied to the uses to which it was appropriated by Parliament, and regular accounts have been annually laid before Parliament, of every article of expense.
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I look forward to continuing the debate about Britain's future - in Parliament and across the country.
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This is a good decision by the European Parliament to reduce the number of permits traded and is an important step forward for climate change policy.
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However, democracy cannot be defined as the existence of parliaments and elections alone.
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I cannot think of any circumstances in which a government can go to war without the support of parliament.
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I think we've produced a stronger prohibition on real racism, while maintaining freedom of speech in ordinary public discussion. So I'm very comfortable with where we're at. We're not dogmatic or impervious to a further argument, that's why we released it as an exposure draft rather than simply releasing it straight into the parliament.
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England can never be ruined except by a Parliament.
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When you first come into Parliament, it's a daunting place because you feel you've so much to learn. Once you've been re-elected, you feel much more confident. It just gives you a bit of a boost.
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My desire to get here Parliament was like miners'coal dust, it was under my fingers and I couldn't scrub it out.
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The CDU, the great party of the center, is back. It is the biggest party in parliament. We will make what we can of this great result.
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If you want to be a government in a minority Parliament, you have to work with other people.
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We should no longer seek to have Budget surplus by end of Parliament. We should avoid tax rises.
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The 'Little' or 'Barebones' Parliament, summoned by Oliver Cromwell to meet at Westminster on 4th July, 1653, after the dissolution of the remains of the Long Parliament, may have been an unpractical body, so far as the task of administration in troublous times was concerned. But it seems quite possible that the wealth of contumely and scorn which has been poured upon it was, originally, due quite as much to the fierce anger of vested interests against outspoken criticism, as to any real vagueness or want of practical wisdom in the plans of the House itself.
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The Scottish Parliament, adjourned on the 25th of March 1707 is hereby reconvened.
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These weren't pre-emptive moves. If we wanted to do that, we would have taken steps on other measures dealing with security or dissolving the parliament.
