“A party should be founded not merely on numbers, but on moral principles, without which it can neither accomplish useful work nor inspire confidence.” ShouldPartyNumbersMoralPrinciplesInspireAccomplishMoral Principles Author:Eleftherios Venizelos
“The House Of Commons has never been a tea-party. It consists of strong-minded, often very idealistic people, who are trying to accomplish something for our country. We are inheritors of an adversarial system and that, in itself, fosters conflict.” PeopleTryingCountryHouseStrongPartyConflictAccomplishOur CountryTeaTea PartyIdealisticHouse Of CommonsStrong Minded Book:The House of Commons at Work Source: The House of Commons at Work
“The National Liberation Front was not...a viable, autonomous organization with a life of its own; it was a facade, a "front," by means of which the DLD (the North Vietnamese Communist Party) sought to mobilize the people in the South to accomplish its ends, and to garner international sympathy and support.” PeopleMeanWarEndsPartySupportFrontsOrganizationSouthInternationalAccomplishLiberationCommunistVietnam WarFacadeAutonomousVietnameseCommunist Party Author:George Allen
“If the parties get too close together they lose their identities, if they get too far apart you're not going to get a whole lot done because you almost always need to have some folks on the other side of the aisle to accomplish anything.” IfsNeedsDoneWholeTogetherSidesLosesPartyIdentityFolksAccomplishAisle Author:Tom Allen