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We got our revolution out of the way long before the French and the Americans. The monarchy was restored, but the sovereignty of our parliament, made up of and elected by a slowly widening constituency of the people, has never been seriously challenged since then.
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As soon as a norm is established, people start questioning it, which is probably a good thing in the end.
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Iranians call California and Iran 'sister cities;' they're very much alike. Iranians feel at home here and the weather is so close to Iranian weather.
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The Iranians don't want the same thing we do in Iraq, not really; they want to control Iraq... the Ayatollah hates the United States; the Iranians are enemies of the United States.
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The Iranians are abusing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to gain more support from radical elements in the region.
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I definitely do not support a constitutional amendment that has to do with prohibiting gay marriage.


Dina Titus
The layman's constitutional view is that what he likes is constitutional and that which he doesn't like is unconstitutional.
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Watergate was a constitutional crisis of the highest order.


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We all know what Parliament is, and we are all ashamed of it.


Robert Louis Stevenson
During the 19th century, Iranians lost vast territories in disastrous wars, and corrupt monarchs sold everything of value in the country to foreigners.
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Justice is what is established; and thus all our established laws will necessarily be regarded as just without examination, since they are established.
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When the TSA was established, it was never envisioned that it would become a huge, unwieldy bureaucracy which was soon to grow to 67,000 employees. As TSA has grown larger, more impersonal, and administratively top-heavy, I believe it is important that airports across the country consider utilizing the opt-out provision provided by law.
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We may have lured judges into roaming at large in the constitutional field.


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The public treasure has been duly applied to the uses to which it was appropriated by Parliament, and regular accounts have been annually laid before Parliament, of every article of expense.
Robert Walpole
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In Parliament we debate on and we decide the laws that are going to govern the country.


Diane Abbott
I do support a constitutional amendment on marriage between a man and a woman, but I would not be going into the states to overturn their state law.
Michele Bachmann
Media populism means appealing to people directly through media. A politician who can master the media can shape political affairs outside of parliament and even eliminate the mediation of parliament.
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During the '90s the flow of misinformation was established.


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Every revolution has its counterrevolution - that is a sign the revolution is for real.


C. Wright Mills
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A Parliament is nothing less than a big meeting of more or less idle people.


Walter Bagehot
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