(27 quotes found)
“Dullness in matters of government is a good sign, and not a bad one - in particular, dullness in parliamentary government is a test of its excellence, an indication of its success.”
Walter Bagehot
“We have had over 70 presidential candidates and, so far, over 4,000 parliamentary candidates.”
Dieudonne Mirimo
“I don't expect by the (parliamentary) recess that he'll have redesigned the IT systems. David Henshaw is not looking at operational issues today. He is not going to recommend that we break away from the contract with our suppliers.”
John Hutton
“They will muddle through for a few months, but then you run into the parliamentary elections in early December.”
David Longmuir
“Of course, I will fight for the post of prime minister in the parliamentary elections,”
Yulia Tymoshenko
“We have chosen to be very prudent in my view, in taking only one [parliamentary option], that is to refuse to allow committees to meet beyond the first two hours, and will continue with that position so long as the Landrieu matter is still outstanding.”
Tom Daschle
“I heard a parliamentary officer contacted my son and confirmed there was no such fact.”
Tsutomu Takebe
“We don't dispute that unified parliamentary groups can exist, but it must be clear that coalition talks are conducted by individual parties.”
Franz Muentefering
“I think visits to Chechen territory of lords and other delegations from the parliamentary assembly of the Council of Europe should naturally be stopped,”
Sergei Yastrzhembsky
“I think visits to Chechen territory of lords and other delegations from the parliamentary assembly of the Council of Europe should naturally be stopped.”
