#parliament

While not widely reported, our victories in Iraq are plentiful. National elections, a democratic parliament and the drafting of a constitution are just some of the victories throughout this embattled country. ↗

— Paul Gillmor

#country #democratic #drafting #elections #iraq

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

— Robert Louis Stevenson

#know #parliament

Canadians can get Parliament working again. Here's how to do that: elect more New Democrats. ↗

— Jack Layton

#canadians #democrats #elect #get #here

The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them in parliament. ↗

— Vladimir Lenin

#allowed #class #decide #every #few

I was the deputy Chairman of the Democratic Union of the Pacific, and we started at 8 I think and I was called to the telephone and to be told there's a coup, the government has been overthrown - it was round about 9, 10 when the Parliament sat they had done then. ↗

— Kamisese Mara

#been #called #chairman #coup #democratic

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. ↗

— Theresa May

#been #bit #boost #come #confident

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

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