#parliament

As to the question of elected or not elected, each member of the European Commission has been appointed jointly by the governments of the 15 member states, and undergone individual scrutiny and a vote of confidence from the European Parliament. ↗

— Mario Monti

#been #commission #confidence #each #elected

If governments let themselves be fully bound by the decisions of their parliaments without protecting their own freedom to act, a breakup of Europe would be a more probable outcome than deeper integration. ↗

— Mario Monti

#bound #breakup #decisions #deeper #europe

I had almost forgotten to tell you that I have already been to the Parliament House; and yet this is of most importance. For, had I seen nothing else in England but this, I should have thought my journey thither amply rewarded. ↗

— Karl Philipp Moritz

#already #amply #been #else #england

That is why if Lebanon concludes a peace agreement with Israel and brings that accord to the Parliament our deputies will reject it; Hezbollah refuses any conciliation with Israel in principle. ↗

— Hassan Nasrallah

#agreement #any #brings #conciliation #concludes

I felt that if we, as the Met, were not intervening once one person starts digging up Parliament Square, then someone else is going to join in and you have a spiral. ↗

— Michael Todd

#else #felt #going #i #intervening

A Parliament is that to the Commonwealth which the soul is to the body. It behoves us therefore to keep the facility of that soul from distemper. ↗

— John Pym

#body #commonwealth #facility #keep #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

Parliament must not be told a direct untruth, but it's quite possible to allow them to mislead themselves. ↗

— Norman Tebbit

#direct #mislead #must #parliament #possible

...more than six people cannot agree on anything, three is better and one is perfect for a job that one can do. This is why parliamentary bodies all through history, when they accomplished anything, owed it to a few strong men who dominated the rest. ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

#parliament #love

Demand the ballot as the undeniable right of every man who is called to the poll, and take special care that the old constitutional rule and principle, by which majorities alone shall decide in Parliamentary elections, shall not be violated. ↗

— John Bright

#ballot #called #care #constitutional #decide