#parliament

I knew it to be very doubtful whether the Cabinet, Parliament, and the country would take this view on the outbreak of war, and through the whole of this week I had in view the probable contingency that we should not decide at the critical moment to support France. ↗

— Edward Grey

#contingency #country #critical #decide #doubtful

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? ↗

— Alexander Herzen

#english #forward #houses #march #more

It is, and long has been my opinion, and I have heard honourable members in this House declare it to be theirs - that it is the duty of Parliament equally to protect all the different interests in the country. ↗

— Joseph Hume

#country #declare #different #duty #equally

Indeed I did not stand as a beggar at the Parliament door, for I never was at the Parliament-House, nor stood I ever at the door as I do know or can remember; not as a petitioner I am sure. ↗

— Margaret Cavendish

#beggar #did #door #ever #i

My function in life is not to be a politician in Parliament: it is to get something done. ↗

— Bernadette Devlin

#function #get #life #parliament #politician

Now, I think that in acknowledging that every individual Member of Parliament and indeed every individual member of the Labour Party, has rights to express their view in a spirit of tolerance. ↗

— Ron Davies

#every #express #i #i think #indeed

The standing orders of the Parliamentary Party, however, apply to me, apply to every other Member of the Parliamentary Labour Party and they put into a context the way in which those rights to freedom of speech should be exercised. ↗

— Ron Davies

#context #every #exercised #freedom #freedom of speech

Basically, I have no place in organized politics. By coming to the British Parliament, I've allowed the people to sacrifice me at the top and let go the more effective job I should be doing at the bottom. ↗

— Bernadette Devlin

#basically #bottom #british #coming #doing

It wasn't long before people discovered the final horrors of letting an urchin into Parliament. ↗

— Bernadette Devlin

#discovered #final #horrors #into #letting

I am glad to learn that the Parliament Bill has been passed for the Darlington Railway. ↗

— George Stephenson

#been #bill #glad #i #i am