“ Would 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? ”
- Alexander Herzen- Copy
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“ Burke said there were Three Estates in Parliament; but, in the Reporters' gallery yonder, there sat a Fourth Estate more important far than they all. ”
- Thomas Carlyle- Copy
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“ Memory is the cabinet of the imagination, the treasury of reason, the registry of conscience, and, the council chamber of thought. ”
- St. Basil- Copy
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“ Like Cato, give his little senate laws, and sit attentive to his own applause. ”
- Alexander Pope- Copy
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“ Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments. If we can get rid of the former, we may easily bear the latter. ”
- Benjamin Franklin- Copy
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“ The Senate is the last primitive society in the world. We still worship the elders of the tribe and honour the territorial imperative. ”
- Eugene McCarthy- Copy
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“ About all I can say for the United States Senate is that it opens with a prayer and closes with an investigation. ”
- Will Rogers- Copy
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“ The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class shall represent and repress them in parliament. ”
- Vladimir Lenin- Copy
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“ I have advocated postal reform for many years. The parliament said it was an absurd argument. The people have said it was the right thing. ”
- Junichiro Koizumi- Copy
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“ Others import yet nobler arts from France, Teach kings to fiddle, and make senates dance. ”
- Alexander Pope- Copy
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“ If he were To be made honest by an act of parliament I should not alter in my faith of him. ”
- Ben Jonson- Copy
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“ A parliament speaking through reporters to Buncombe and the Twenty-seven millions, mostly fools. ”
- Thomas Carlyle- Copy
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“ We're seeing the legislative process go down in this Senate. ”
- Robert Byrd- Copy
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“ In the United States Senate, we cannot do great things without reaching across the aisle and working together - and I look forward to the challenges ahead. ”
- Richard Burr- Copy
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“ It's certainly alright to introduce what you think is appropriate, but it's not mutually exclusive,... What the House and Senate passes is ultimately what matters most. ”
- Richard Baker- Copy
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“ When a member of the House moves over to the Senate, he raises the IQ of both bodies. ”
- Everett Dirksen- Copy
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“ The thing is, if you control the Senate meetings, you control the gavel. And the gavel is a very important instrument… an instrument of power. An instrument that establishes the agenda. ”
- Dan Quayle- Copy
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“ It is not a choice of life, it is a choice of death. If this is life, I'd rather die. ”
- Ferdinand E. Marcos- Copy
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“ There will be a procedure to present the government to parliament for discussion and approval. ”
- Mahmoud Abbas- Copy
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“ I welcome the boldness of his vision.... Clearly the tough work remains to be done, and everybody, including Congress, needs to roll up their sleeves and get that work done. ”
- David Vitter- Copy
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“ If you want to be a government in a minority Parliament, you have to work with other people. ”
- Stephen Harper- Copy
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“ Whatever is dirty, it is women's job to clean up, or drive some man to clean up, and that goes for everything from cellar to senate. ”
- Agnes Macphail- Copy
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“ Congress had embarrassed itself at having produced so little. It had to look as if it could do something. ”
- Richard Darman- Copy
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“ The Senate is never easy,... But when you get a new administration and a new Congress, it gives you sort of an opportunity to take a little time out and see what we can do together. ”
- Trent Lott- Copy
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“ This is the best thing that can be done, short of new laws... given the deadlock in Congress. ”
- Charles Schumer- Copy
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“ I told the council you have to take on the problem of drugs and prostitution if development is going to happen. ”
- Charles Williams- Copy
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