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“It is recorded how towards the end of the eighteenth century a Muslim visitor to England was taken to see the House of Commons at work. He later wrote of his astonishment at finding the that the British Parliament actually made laws and fixed punishments for their infraction - because unlike Muslims the English had not accepted a divine law revealed from heaven and therefore had to resort to such unsatisfactory expedients. Muslims still understand the expression 'the rule of law' very differently than do most Westerners.”

“Women have worked hard; starved in prison; given of their time and lives that we might sit in the House of Commons and take part in the legislating of this country.”

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Author:Ellen Wilkinson

“There's no secret about my ambition, I do not want to go into the House of Commons. My only real political interest is in London and if one day I'm in a position to run for mayor, then terrific.”

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Author:Trevor Phillips

“I do think there is a great deal of caricature around the House of Commons. It is just that kind of place.”

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Author:Charles Kennedy

“By my count, the Deputy Prime Minister has sworn an oath of loyalty and service to Her Majesty no fewer than four times in the last two years, yet he has used his position as a minister of the Crown as a podium from which to rail against our history and our heritage. The minister says that instead of the monarchy he would prefer an entirely Canadian institution, but he fails to recognize that the monarchy is as Canadian as the House of Commons itself.”

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Author:Elsie Wayne

“There are more hooligans in the House of Commons than at a football match.”

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Author:Brian Clough

“Thirty resolute men in your House of Commons could save the world.”

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Author:Felix Frankfurter

“No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is married.”

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Author:Benjamin Disraeli

“A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords. There are two distinct styles requisite: I intend, in the course of my career, if I have time, to give a specimen of both.”

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Book:Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)

“Elections exist for the sake of the House of Commons and not the House of Commons for the sake of elections.”

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Book:Sir Winston Churchill: a self-portrait

Source: Sir Winston Churchill: a self-portrait

“We must learn to do economic work from all who know how, no matter who they are. We must esteem them as teachers, learning from them respectfully and conscientiously. We must not pretend to know when we do not know.”

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Book:Quotations from Chairman Mao Tsetung

Source: Quotations from Chairman Mao Tsetung

“I am a child of the House of Commons. I was brought up in my fathers house to believe in democracy. Trust the peoplethat was his message.”

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Author:Winston Churchill

“Only people who look dull ever get into the House of Commons, and only people who are dull ever succeed there.”

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Book:Collected Works of Oscar Wilde: The Plays, the Poems, the Stories and the Essays Including De Profundis

Source: Collected Works of Oscar Wilde: The Plays, the Poems, the Stories and the Essays Including De Profundis

“No prime minister in Britain will ever be able to go to war without the endorsement of a majority of the House of Commons.”

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Author:Neil Kinnock

“Anybody who enjoys being in the House of Commons probably needs psychiatric help.”

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Author:Ken Livingstone

“When I first came to the House of Commons and walked out into the lobby, men sprang to their feet. I asked them to sit down since I'd come to walk around. I didn't want them doing me favours.”

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Author:Agnes Macphail

“The House of Commons starts its proceedings with a prayer. The chaplain looks at the assembled members with their varied intelligence and then prays for the country.”

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Author:Alfred Denning, Baron Denning

“For far too long the House of Commons has been run as little more than a private club by and for gentleman amateurs.”

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Author:John Bercow

“I never aspired to be Speaker simply so I could say, 'I am the Speaker of the House of Commons,' and tell my children that.”

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Author:John Bercow

“I am seeking every day to restore faith in Parliament - to ensure we have a House of Commons which is representative, effective and reconnected to the people we serve.”

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Author:John Bercow

“The food in the House of Commons is fairly good. The cafe in Portcullis House is really very high quality, and you also have a choice of eating in the more traditional restaurants, the Churchill Room or the Members' Dining Room. I don't often eat in them, though, as I'm usually on the run.”

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Author:Vince Cable

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