Houses Of Parliament Quotes

• The cure for admiring the House of Lords is to go and look at it.

  Walter Bagehot

  House, Political, Looks

  "The greatest obstacles to Lords reform sit in the Commons" by Andrew Rawnsley, www.theguardian.com. June 23, 2012.

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• You must build your House of Parliament on the river: so... that the populace cannot exact their demands by sitting down round you.

  Duke of Wellington

  Rivers, House, Sitting Down

  In Sir William Fraser 'Words on Wellington' (1889) p. 163

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• 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

  Two, House, Done

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• Only that Swiss in the heart want still a king or at least a strong Upper House of Parliament. Swiss long themselves for less democracy and more dictatorship.

  Peter Bichsel

  Strong, Kings, Heart

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• The suffragettes were women of action. Their motto was "Deeds not Words," and the film reflects that with a number of big set pieces, from the smashing of windows in central London to a riot at the Houses of Parliament.

  Sarah Gavron

  Numbers, House, Pieces

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• We petitioned to get access to film [Suffragette] at the Houses of Parliament and we whooped with joy when we were allowed in, as this is the first ever commercial film to shoot there.

  Sarah Gavron

  Joy, House, Firsts

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• I’ve always been really uninterested in politicians and the acts of the Houses of Parliament, or government as an idea. But I’m interested in politics in that I’m a member of the world, and I have strong feelings of right and wrong, but I can’t get into the ins and outs of it.

  Ewan McGregor

  Strong, Ideas, Government

  "Ewan Mcgregor Gives Up The Ghost". Interview with Aaron Hillis, www.ifc.com. February 19, 2010.

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