#parliament

The extraordinary exertions of the colonies, in cooperation with British measures, against the French, in the late war, were acknowledged by the British parliament to be more than adequate to their ability. ↗

— Mercy Otis Warren

#acknowledged #adequate #against #british #colonies

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

The Stuart sovereigns of England steadily attempted to strengthen their power, and the resistance to that effort caused an immense growth of Parliamentary influence. ↗

— Albert Bushnell Hart

#caused #effort #england #growth #immense

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

I think politics can no longer be assigned to parliamentary activity and it probably never could be. But politics with a small p and the history of trade union movement really interests me. ↗

— Saffron Burrows

#assigned #could #history #i #i think

Just as radical heirs apparent are said to lay aside all inconvenient revolutionary opinions when they come to the throne, it was believed that Mr. Mill in Parliament would be an entirely different person from Mr. Mill in his study. ↗

— Millicent Fawcett

#aside #believed #come #different #different person

I want you to know what I have told Australia's Parliament in Canberra - what I told General Petraeus in Kabul - what I told President Obama in the Oval Office this week. Australia will stand firm with our ally the United States. ↗

— Julia Gillard

#australia #canberra #firm #general #i

Tony Blair - good thing there are not parliamentary elections in this country. ↗

— Gwen Ifill

#country #elections #good #good thing #parliamentary

I know this isn't a widespread view in the Anglo Saxon world, but I believe that much of the reconciliation between more centralized governance and the scope for democracy - democratic control - will be resolved through an even stronger role of the European Parliament. ↗

— Mario Monti

#believe #between #centralized #control #democracy

The absence of political personalities in the government will help rather than hinder a solid base of support for the government in parliament and in the political parties because it will remove one ground for disagreement. ↗

— Mario Monti

#base #because #disagreement #government #ground