Gina Miller Quotes
An opposition that won't oppose paralyses our political and democratic system.
Miller, Gina. Rise: Life Lessons in Speaking Out, Standing Tall & Leading the Way. Canongate Books, 2018.
This was the group that decided who was to be executed in the Reign of Terror
The irony was that the Shah was overthrown by a population whom he had tried to control and deny basic freedoms. However, after he was overthrown, the Iranians ended up with a dictatorial fundamentalist Islamic theocracy. They had gone from the frying pan into the fire—from the absolute rule of the civil Shah to the absolute rule of the religious Supreme Leader.
Most American politicians and citizens, unlike DeLay, believe that arguing against the opponents’ political philosophy should be done with debate, civil argument, advocacy, speechmaking and writing and not by attacking opponents and confronting them whenever possible. Later, DeLay was convicted and sentenced to jail for money laundering and illegally spending and raising campaign funds. He was also reprimanded by the House Ethics Committee for unethical methods of fund raising for other earlier actions.
formerly 2nd Viscount Stansgate
Gina Nadira Miller is a Guyanese-British business owner and activist who initiated the 2016 R (Miller) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union court case against the British government over its authority to implement Brexit without approval from Parliament. In September 2019 she successfully challenged the government's prorogation of Parliament, formally supported in the legal case by the former prime minister Sir John Major and the shadow attorney general, Shami Chakrabarti. She founded the True and Fair Campaign in 2012, calling for an end to financial misconduct in the investment and pension industries. She also founded the (now defunct) True and Fair Foundation.
