| The best parliaments happen when independents are keeping the bastards honest. |
| The governors would be elected by regional parliaments rather than by popular elections as is the case now. |
| People cannot go and sit in parliaments or senates to monitor their day-to-day affairs. |
| Committees must be adequately resourced, an important reason why parliaments should have control of their budgets. |
| I have consistently advanced the theory that there are five basic reasons for which parliaments exist. |
| Both British and Irish parliaments became more relaxed about placing their proceedings in the public domain as the century advanced. |
