“In 1765, Parliament passed the Stamp Act, which, as any American high school student can tell you, was an act that apparently had something to do with stamps.”
Dave Barry
“Let a short Act of Parliament be passed, placing all street musicians outside the protection of the law, so that any citizen may assail them with stones, sticks, knives, pistols or bombs without incurring any penalties.”
George Bernard Shaw
“The Taiwan Affairs Act has passed first reading in the Canadian parliament and will be soon be put to second reading. We warmly welcome any move that can help strengthen substantive Taiwan-Canadian ties,”
Chen Shui-bian
“I think the most likely scenario is that parliament will continue to consider the government fired and acting in a caretaking capacity and the government will consider itself not fired and acting in its regular capacity.”
Mikhail Pogrebinsky
“If he were / To be made honest by an act of parliament, / I should not alter in my faith of him.”
Ben Jonson
“What is extraordinary is that they were caught, and for a change Parliament seems to be acting swiftly about it. It can become the beginning of a change. You never know.”
Yogendra Yadav
“Absence not only makes the heart grow fonder... it also makes an MP’s life so much easier.”
Raphael Vassallo
