It would be nice to have a woman President. I think half the Senate should be women, half of Parliament, half the ruling mullahs. But that will never happen, darling!
- Meryl StreepI 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 ToddThe time came for me to retire because of my rather unfortunate last movie . . . The cost to me in terms of frustration and avoiding going to jail for murder cannot have continued. Whenever I`ve tangled with a beautiful spy, have you noticed what invariably happens? Even if I know the girl is a nasty and dangerous little snake, I`ve still had to kiss her first and kill her later. (in 2004) The Scottish media all say, Oh yeah, he`s a tax exile". I have paid more tax than the government put together in that Parliament. I still pay full tax when I work in England and the same when I work in America.
- Sean ConneryThis fun-filled family event will have a variety of food and drinks from the 18 vendors at Sunset Village along with a Kids` Corner, comprising of a number of games including the bouncing castle, Ice-Cream, Hoopla, Bingo and a Three on Three Basketball Tournament with Local Government playing the Members of Parliament, in a special challenge match that will highlight the competition.
- David WallaceBut let`s be clear. We`re talking about a country where there`s no opposition. As leader he can ignore Parliament and - sorry that`s Tony Blair isn`t it? Um, so he doesn`t even have to ask the country before he goes to war - sorry that`s still Tony Blair.
- Rory BremnerThose of us that have the opportunity to have a mouthpiece, then let`s keep talking about it. Right now if you look in the newspaper, there`s a lot of meaningless stuff. A lot of stuff about the inner workings of Parliament and nothing about what we can do to make the world a better place.
- Steven PageThe real political life in Russia unfortunately is not in the parliament but on the streets and in the media.
- Garry KasparovRussian Parliament today is a bunch of puppets that just fall in with the instructions from Kremlin.
- Garry KasparovMore and more people in my country recognise the dangers of having their governors appointed by Putin and having no influence in parliament because Parliament today is also following instructions from Kremlin and no longer represents its people.
- Garry KasparovWe had certainly hoped for a favorable decision by the parliament, but I want to emphasize our relationship and the importance of the work we have done thus far, and the fact that the United States is still a friend of Turkey and we consider this relationship to be very important.
- Robert PearsonA year ago I was in the city of Genoa, and I found that it returned seven representatives to the Sardinian Parliament at Turin, seven being its fair share, calculated according to the population of the various cities and districts of the Sardinian kingdom.
- John BrightThe Government and the Parliament, even the House of Lords, will consent to a large increase of electors; and men who have not considered the subject fully will imagine they have gained much by the concession.
- John BrightThis particular gathering of justice ministers does provide a historic opportunity for the justice system to send a message to Parliament,
- Michael BryantImproved turnout will give parliament and government the appearance of being more legitimate.
- Peter LynchI was thrown into the Parliament right away. From 1976 to 1978 I was concerned with the abortion issue, later on with that of divorce.
- Emma BoninoI was elected to the Parliament. I have kept my position as a politician in the Regional Parliament, where I am President of the Committee of Health.
- Emma BoninoIf you want to be a government in a minority Parliament, you have to work with other people.
- Stephen HarperThe Leader of the Opposition`s constitutional obligation - the obligation to Parliament - it`s the reason we did the merger! - is to make sure Canadians have an alternative for government.
- Stephen HarperWe`ll support the government on issues if it`s essential to the country but our primary responsibility is not to prop up the government, our responsibility is to provide an opposition and an alternative government for Parliament and for Canadians.
- Stephen HarperParliament could revisit the Unfair Contracts Act . Consumers are finding that they can`t get digital content without signing an end user agreement whose terms and conditions are ridiculous.
- Ross AndersonPeople must not do things for fun. We are not here for fun. There is no reference to fun in any Act of Parliament.
- Ahmad BahaiIsrael is the only country in the Middle East where Arabs can be elected to the parliament in a democratic election.
- Ahmard HallWould it be possible to stand still on one spot more majestically - while simulating a triumphant march forward - than it is done by the two English Houses of Parliament?
- Aimee LitkaIt wasn`t long before people discovered the final horrors of letting an urchin into Parliament.
- Al NugentMy function in life is not to be a politician in Parliament: it is to get something done.
- Al NugentBasically, I have no place in organized politics. By coming to the British Parliament, I`ve allowed the people to sacrifice me at the top and let go the more effective job I should be doing at the bottom.
- Al NugentThe Western media tends to place a lot of emphasis on official institutions in Ukraine such as its supreme court, the central election commission, and the parliament. In reality, the people of Ukraine now control their destiny.
- Alaa Abdel FattahI 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.
- Albert NewgardenThe attractive idea that we can now have a parliament of man with authority to control the conduct of nations by legislation or an international police force with power to enforce national conformity to rules of right conduct is a counsel of perfection.
- Alberto MadrigalThat is why if Lebanon concludes a peace agreement with Israel and brings that accord to the Parliament our deputies will reject it; Hezbollah refuses any conciliation with Israel in principle.
- Alexander LibermanWe have used the presence of UNMIK, as well as other European and American agencies to establish a legal framework compatible with the European Union and that is already an advantage. We have seen the positive effects of this and our parliament will continue to go this way.
- Alexis DupuyAnd we`ve also had now the speaker of the Parliament in Iraq using blatantly anti-Semitic remarks, saying the Jews and sons of Jews are the problem of all the violence that`s in Iraq.
- Alger BoyerI 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.
- Allen HarrisIndeed I did not stand as a beggar at the Parliament door, for I never was at the Parliament-House, nor stood I ever at the door as I do know or can remember; not as a petitioner I am sure.
- Aly ByorickAs 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.
- Alyssa NelsonIf politicians continue to promote separatism in Australia, they should not continue to hold their seats in this parliament. They are not truly representing all Australians, and I call on the people to throw them out.
- Amy CollinsThe public treasure has been duly applied to the uses to which it was appropriated by Parliament, and regular accounts have been annually laid before Parliament, of every article of expense.
- Andre BishopSome members of both Houses have, it is true, been removed from their employments under the Crown; but were they ever told, either by me or by any other of his majesty`s servants, that it was for opposing the measures of the administration in Parliament?
- Andre BishopI happened to be one of those who thought all these expenses necessary, and I had the good fortune to have the majority of both houses of Parliament on my side.
- Andre BishopNo expense has been incurred but what has been approved of and provided for by Parliament.
- Andre BishopWe have to make it clear that one, two or even three BNP MEPs elected to Brussels will have very little effect on the workings of the Parliament and the Commission.
- Andreas RenschlerIndividuals have little opportunity to get elected to Parliament under the label of the government party... unless they are in good standing with the Prime Minister and pledged to be cooperative.
- Andrei KrivtsovBut the Civic Forum has put me in a very visible position, and I expect that I will be in the parliament after the June elections.
- Andrew HarringtonAfter that his Majesty was beheaded, the Parliament for some years effected nothing either for the publick peace or tranquillity of the nation, or settling religion as they had formerly promised.
- Andrew PoulsonThis was not an election, this was a farce, this was a scandal. Mubarak wants me to shut up. He does not want me to talk in the Parliament about his son`s wealth or business deals. He knows that I am the only competitor to Gamal and he wants me out of the way.
- Anne DunkelbergI wouldn`t make him a toilet cleaner in Parliament House, let alone Leader of the Opposition,
- Ashton Oravetz IIIHow can I be expected to believe that this same racial discrimination which has been the cause of so much injustice and suffering right through the years, should now operate here to give me a fair and open trial?....consider myself neither morally nor legally obliged to obey laws made by a Parliament in which I am not represented. That the will of the people is the basis of the authority of government, is a principle universally acknowledged as sacred throughout the civilized world.
- Nelson MandelaSome politicians hold that the only way to make a revolutionary safe is to give him a seat in Parliament.
- C.S. LewisEvery government is a parliament of whores. The trouble is, in a democracy, the whores are us.
- P.J. O'RourkeIt wasn`t long before people discovered the final horrors of letting an urchin into Parliament.
- Bernadette Devlin McAliskey