#parliamentary

We, as conservative intellectuals, should not be in the business of making excuses for bad parliamentary decisions by Republican leaders in Congress. ↗

— David Frum

#business #congress #conservative #decisions #excuses

I suppose not everyone has a dad who wrote a book saying he didn't believe in the Parliamentary road to socialism. ↗

— Ed Miliband

#book #dad #everyone #i #parliamentary

I was elected to the Diet in the same way as at every parliamentary election. ↗

— Fritz Sauckel

#elected #election #every #i #parliamentary

Dullness in matters of government is a good sign, and not a bad one - in particular, dullness in parliamentary government is a test of its excellence, an indication of its success. ↗

— Walter Bagehot

#bad one #dullness #excellence #good #good sign

The interparliamentary conference should, in my opinion, direct its particular attention to the preparation of the next Hague Conference, the diplomatic conference, the conference of governments. ↗

— Fredrik Bajer

#conference #diplomatic #direct #governments #hague

There is one criticism which cannot be leveled at interparliamentary conferences but which is applicable to a great extent to peace congresses: the meetings waste time. ↗

— Fredrik Bajer

#cannot #conferences #congresses #criticism #extent

No matter how many troops we have in place or how long they stay, we cannot impose a parliamentary democracy there any more than the insurgents can impose a theocracy. ↗

— Nick Clooney

#cannot #democracy #how #impose #insurgents

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

— Gwen Ifill

#country #elections #good #good thing #parliamentary

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

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

— Khaleda Zia

#decency #having #impossible #parliamentary #patience