Rick Mercer Quotes

If you want to be a government in a minority Parliament, you have to work with other people.

The process of forming government in a minority is one where you talk to everyone and see: What do you have in common? And is there enough commonality?

A minority government can't govern without support from other parties.

England does not love coalitions.

Our system of government in Israel has permitted minority groups and sectarian parties to force their way on the majority.

Maybe the Tory party might, instead of telling the Brexit Party what to do, make an approach to the Brexit Party and say I'll tell you what, we'll stand aside in certain areas. That would be a very positive thing for me, let's work together for a new kind of politics.

For any party or alliance, it is imperative to get at least 272 Lok Sabha seats to claim the PM's post.

The country has always been governed by a coalition but today it is governed by a so-called Grand Coalition which is a more polite word for all and sundry.

An American parliamentary system with proportional representation wouldn't immediately or inexorably lead to a flourishing social democracy, but it would at least correct the overrepresentation of an ideological minority and cut down on intentional tactical economic sabotage.

It is conceivable that a party might gain the majority in parliament and claims the government for itself.

We will govern as if we had a majority. You simply carry on with your agenda.

The parliamentary regime is a regime of parties

I have long held that this is a one party government, the incumbent party.

All free governments are party governments.

The election of the Executive ought to be by the national Legislature, that then respect will be paid to that character best qualified

All of us know that any substantial block of votes can cause trouble in the French legislature because practically any French government has to have the votes of many groups to have a majority.

You cannot choose between party government and Parliamentary government. I say, you can have no Parliamentary government if you have no party government; and, therefore, when Gentlemen denounce party government, they strike at that scheme of government which, in my opinion, has made this country great, and which I hope will keep it great.

It's impossible always to be with the majority in coalition government, especially when it's a very complicated coalition.

The Lib-Dems are sidekicks. They were born to be sidekicks and that's what they should concentrate on being.

The British Government very naturally would like to see in India the form of democratic constitutions it knows best and thinks best, under which the Government of the country is entrusted to one or other political party in accordance with the turn of elections.

Israel's system of proportional representation rarely produces stable government.

AAP will never support BJP, but it's determined to support Congress only if they will agree to give Delhi the full-state status.

The Knesset members - Jews and Arabs - don't represent the state of Israel. The government is the one that represents the state of Israel officially.

In politics, you have to compromise from morning to evening. Democracy is the art of compromise.

There always will naturally be some differences when you form the government with coalition parties. Even some single party governments also face several issues.