John Bercow Quotes

The respect of the American people for the Congress has been increased. They can see the Congress as a vigilant Congress.

It is against the enterprising ambition of this department [the legislature] that the people ought to indulge all their jealousy and exhaust all their precautions.

Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced

I have confidence in the responsibility of those who occupy a seat in the legislature.

People have seen the Modi government's track record, and now they believe that if we say something, it will happen.

Is it any wonder, why the approval ratings of the Congress go up every time we go into recess?

You elected government officials to make decisions and it's about time they started making good ones.

When political and business leaders tell the public - any public - 'We don't trust you to make the right decision' - they prejudice that electorate against the very proposals they want it to accept and undermine public confidence in themselves.

The rule of law should be upheld by all political parties. They should neither advise others to break the law, nor encourage others to do so even when they strongly disagree with the legislation put forward by the government of the day.

I want to re-establish the people's trust in the office of president.

When I was the captain of a ship I never failed to bring my ship to port and I won't fail to bring Romania to safe harbor. The belief that the president no longer represents the people is false.

Most of Albania considers this Government to be legitimate.

My aspiration is not to be loved. It is that my government be respected and credible.

I think we can get respect for Parliament back providing governments and oppositions are frank.

The submission of free people to the executive authority of government, is no more than a compliance with laws which they themselves have enacted.

Government is not a bottom line enterprise. You can get yourself elected ... but you can't fire the legislature if they won't do what you want.

Congress is constantly engaged in a struggle for the respect of the people.

Congress is afraid of the voters, and the voters are looking for leadership.

The electorate will forgive you even for decisions that they do not agree with, but they will not forgive you for not deciding.

People seem to think that if a man is a Member of Parliament he may do what he pleases.

The powers relating to impeachment are an essential check in the hands of the body of the legislature against and upon the encroachments of the executive.

Members of Congress are trustees of the people.

The legitimacy of the leadership depends on what that country thinks of its leaders.

John Howard's credibility on the entire Iraq war has been torpedoed by John Howard's own intelligence agency.

Public confidence in the integrity of the Government is indispensable to faith in democracy; and when we lose faith in the system, we have lost faith in everything we fight and spend for.