#parliament

It is true that I entered parliament at the age of 23, and have now been representing the people of my constituency for over twenty years. ↗

— Charles Kennedy

#been #constituency #entered #i #now

We are a constitutional monarchy. I don't order laws, I propose them. Article 35 of our constitution states that the king can only refuse a law of parliament once, then he has to sign it - if the same law is then supported by a two-thirds majority in both houses of parliament. ↗

— Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

#both #constitution #constitutional #houses #i

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. ↗

— William Lyon Mackenzie King

#control #credit #currency #democracy #futile

The English think they are free. They are free only during the election of members of parliament. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

#election #english #free #members #only

I am confident that you brothers in parliament will champion the will of the people over that of the occupier. ↗

— Muqtada al Sadr

#brothers #champion #confident #i #i am

Women are not making it to the top. A hundred and ninety heads of state; nine are women. Of all the people in parliament in the world, thirteen per cent are women. In the corporate sector, women at the top - C-level jobs, board seats - tops out at fifteen, sixteen per cent. ↗

— Sheryl Sandberg

#cent #corporate #fifteen #heads #hundred

I was elected to the Diet in the same way as at every parliamentary election. ↗

— Fritz Sauckel

#elected #election #every #i #parliamentary

You may see the emergence of a new political party from the body of the trade union movement which represents a very clear-cut socialist alternative policy and which gives expression to the views of the trade union movement in parliament. ↗

— Arthur Scargill

#body #clear-cut #emergence #expression #gives

The Western media tends to place a lot of emphasis on official institutions in Ukraine such as its supreme court, the central election commission, and the parliament. In reality, the people of Ukraine now control their destiny. ↗

— Bob Schaffer

#commission #control #court #destiny #election

And we've also had now the speaker of the Parliament in Iraq using blatantly anti-Semitic remarks, saying the Jews and sons of Jews are the problem of all the violence that's in Iraq. ↗

— Jan Schakowsky

#anti-semitic #blatantly #had #iraq #jews