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I came into parliament to do things, so I don't particularly relish being a rebel.
The Scottish Parliament, adjourned on the 25th of March 1707 is hereby reconvened.
Parliament should start earlier in the day and finish earlier. Otherwise I love it.
If we had a vote in parliament, the majority of MPs would not vote for a hard Brexit.
There's not enough of us in the Northern Territory in Federal Parliament to squabble.
We already have a sabbatical system. It's called opposition, and I've had enough of it.
Simple people can bring very good knowledge to Parliament because they know the ground.
In Parliament we debate on and we decide the laws that are going to govern the country.
I am glad to learn that the Parliament Bill has been passed for the Darlington Railway.
I've been in Parliament since 1983, and I've been involved in many issues over the time.
My function in life is not to be a politician in Parliament: it is to get something done.
However, democracy cannot be defined as the existence of parliaments and elections alone.
No expense has been incurred but what has been approved of and provided for by Parliament.
There are occasions when obstruction in Parliament brings greater benefits to the country.
We never said that we don't have faith in Parliament. We have great respect for Parliament.
An extraordinary affair. I gave them their orders and they wanted to stay and discuss them.
If you want to be a government in a minority Parliament, you have to work with other people.
It's not just parliament that requires radical modernisation. It's our democratic processes.
Canadians can get Parliament working again. Here's how to do that: elect more New Democrats.
Improved turnout will give parliament and government the appearance of being more legitimate.
I am an Orangeman first and a politician and member of this parliament [Stormont] afterwards.
When a terrorist goes to Parliament Hill, he's looking for the prime minister and his cabinet.
The representatives of people become uncrowned kings and queens once they get into Parliament.
It is with deep regret that the determination to assemble Parliament has been so long delayed.
It is important that South Africans of all political persuasions be represented in Parliament.
Parliament was an institution of enormous standing when I was aspiring to go in. It isn't now.
It wasn't long before people discovered the final horrors of letting an urchin into Parliament.
I don't think politics just happens in Parliament. It happens on the streets and in classrooms.
I think we can get respect for Parliament back providing governments and oppositions are frank.
My view is the questions in Parliament should be the questions that people out there want asked.
In a parliamentary democracy, it is the job of parliament to decide the law, not the government.
We should no longer seek to have Budget surplus by end of Parliament. We should avoid tax rises.
I ride my bike past the Danish Parliament, and it's very accessible - there's really no security!
Acts of terror have never brought down liberal democracies. Acts of parliament have closed a few.
The English think they are free. They are free only during the election of members of parliament.
I think it's been lovely the way people have been really supportive in parliament of my pregnancy.
I know the rule. I know law. I know economics. I know parliament. That's an explosive combination.
I'm of the opinion that one of the perks of being in Parliament is not having to do the school run.
Russian Parliament today is a bunch of puppets that just fall in with the instructions from Kremlin.
Criticism, any amount, we welcome it. Come, let's have a discussion - in Parliament, all the better.
That's my upbringing. Try, if it doesn't work out, try again. It was the same thing with Parliament.
Parliament's centuries of history have been overwhelmingly dominated by men, but things are changing.
One minute I was a clapped-out, two-guinea, legal-aid lawyer, and the next minute I was in parliament.
On form of government, there should be checks and balances, and PM should be responsible to Parliament.
I may not have succeeded in halting the war, but I did secure the right of parliament to decide on war.
I am resigning my post in the parliament. I have done this because I think it is the right thing to do.
In all my 26 years in Parliament, we had referred to Mr. Ong Teng Cheong as the first Elected President.
May the soul of the late President Milton Obote... a long-time member of this parliament, rest in peace.
The Conservative caucus votes far more freely and independently than any other caucus on Parliament Hill.
Parliament must not be told a direct untruth, but its quite possible to allow them to mislead themselves.