Scottish Parliament Quotes

#1. When I am in the Scottish Parliament chamber, I often feel the need to sit for the entire debate. It's only courteous to listen to what everyone has to say, although I often find myself desperate to say something but too scared to stand up in case I regret it.

Margo MacDonald

#2. We have a Scottish Parliament and National Assembly for Wales, both elected by fairer votes - involving proportional representation.

Charles Kennedy

#3. Taxing people for having a spare bedroom and forcing them into rent arrears or the possibility of losing homes they have lived in for years has always been a cruel and heartless measure, and so it is good that the Scottish Parliament has been able to step in.

Nicola Sturgeon

#4. Those of us who were part of creating the Scottish parliament believe we must always test constitutional arrangements. The real test is where do the powers lie? Is it in the best interests of Scotland?

Johann Lamont

#5. What happens when there is a conflict between the Scottish parliament, if it was established, and the Westminster parliament? Who is supreme?

John Major

#6. The Scottish Parliament, adjourned on the 25th of March 1707 is hereby
reconvened.

Winnie Ewing

#7. those who strive to delay or hinder the restoration of the church will accomplish nothing. God is its vindicator, and he will judge all peoples.

John Calvin

#8. The sun does arise,
And make happy the skies.
The merry bells ring
To welcome the spring.
The skylark and thrush,
The birds of the bush,
Sing louder around,
To the bells' cheerful sound,
While our sports shall be seen
On the echoing green.

William Blake

#9. People took the word "clean" out of context. My mother had an expression: "clean as a whistle, sharp as a tack." I inherited her originality.

Joe Biden

#10. Success is not a destination, it's a journey.

Zig Ziglar

#11. Time and chance reveal all secrets.

Delarivier Manley

#12. Fail I alone, in words and deeds? Why, all men strive and who succeeds?

Robert Browning

#13. Everybody needs a servant, excellent sir, whether they know it or not.

Michael Swanwick

#14. All things are ordered by God, but His providence takes in our free agency, as well as His own sovereignty.

Tryon Edwards