Parliamentary Quotes - Page 5

• As soon as I set foot in the parliamentary Sinai, I ceased to be in touch with the masses.

  Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

  Feet, Political, Politics

  Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (2011). “Property is Theft!: A Pierre-Joseph Proudhon Anthology”, p.19, AK Press

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• Demand the ballot as the undeniable right of every man who is called to the poll, and take special care that the old constitutional rule and principle, by which majorities alone shall decide in Parliamentary elections, shall not be violated.

  John Bright

  Men, Special, Majority

  John Bright, H. J. Leech (1885). “The Public Letters of John Bright”, London : S. Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington

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• One of the most enjoyable things I do at Government House and when I travel around Australia is to talk with children. I tell them about our parliamentary democracy - and I often do that as I'm walking into an Executive Council meeting next door!

  Quentin Bryce

  Children, Government, Doors

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• Ukraine is going through a difficult time. There is nothing extraordinary of the resignation of the Ukrainian government ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections

  Vladimir Putin

  Government, Ukraine, Election

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