#parliament

The government can access these funds but only following approval by the parliament to support our budget requirements and investments in infrastructure development, education, public health, and so on. ↗

— Jose Ramos-Horta

#approval #budget #development #education #following

A Parliament is nothing less than a big meeting of more or less idle people. ↗

— Walter Bagehot

#idle #less #meeting #more #more or less

In 1765, Parliament passed the Stamp Act, which, as any American high school student can tell you, was an act that apparently had something to do with stamps. ↗

— Dave Barry

#american #any #apparently #had #high

We all know what Parliament is, and we are all ashamed of it. ↗

— Robert Louis Stevenson

#know #parliament

Improved turnout will give parliament and government the appearance of being more legitimate. ↗

— Peter Lynch

#being #give #government #improved #legitimate

Defenders of the status quo will argue that this system has served us well over the centuries, that our parliamentary traditions have combined stability and flexibility and that we should not cast away in a minute what has taken generations to build. ↗

— Ferdinand Mount

#away #build #cast #centuries #combined

The church's teaching on marriage is unequivocal, it is uniquely, the union of a man and a woman and it is wrong that governments, politicians or parliaments should seek to alter or destroy that reality. ↗

— Keith O'Brien

#church #destroy #governments #man #marriage

I didn't grow up with Broadway music. My mother played Perry Como, while I listened to Andy Williams records. Later on it was Cream, Grand Funk Railroad and lots of R&B like the Isley Bros. and Parliament. ↗

— Donny Osmond

#andy #broadway #bros #cream #funk

It is impossible to practice parliamentary politics without having patience, decency, politeness and courtesy. ↗

— Khaleda Zia

#decency #having #impossible #parliamentary #patience

من عادة النواب أن يثرثروا عند النظر في الميزانية، ومن عادة الحكومة أن تعد بالنظر في تحقيق رغبات النواب في أقرب فرصة، ومن عادة هذه الفرصة ألا تقترب أبدا. ↗

— نجيب محفوظ

#government #money #parliament #money