Franz von Papen Quotes

Parties that win elections should form the government, not parties that lose elections.

I'm interested in being part of a majority in the Senate.

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

Democracy is when the people keep a government in check.

Let's say there are 500 sons and daughters like you in each state. Then we could control the government.

Today in India there are all sections of people, as the BJP realized when the poor voted them out.

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

You know, we have main English language parties, federalist parties, and traditionally the ones to watch would be the Conservatives, who form the government, and then the Liberals.

When my party won the elections convincingly on February 18th, 2008, we immediately reached out to other parties to form broad-based coalitions of national unity in the National Assembly and in the four provincial assemblies.

It is perfectly evident to any logical mind that when you have got the vote, by the proper use of the vote in sufficient numbers, by combination, you can get out of any legislature whatever you want, or, if you cannot get it, you can send them about their business and choose other people who will be more attentive to your demands.

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.

To carry out my mission, I need a stable majority.

A popular assembly without parties--500 isolated individuals--cannot stand five years against a Minister with an organized Government without becoming a servile Senate.

If we don’t win, we don’t govern.

Whoever wants Yesh Atid in the government has to vote for us - there's no other choice.

It's important to be able to sit together and form a government of the majority that serves everyone, and not a government of minorities that takes care of itself.

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

You have to govern like you've got a majority. It doesn't matter whether it's one seat, five or 10 seats.

If India is computer, Congress is its default program.

The government have only a small majority in the House of Commons. I want to make it quite clear that this will not affect our ability to govern. Having been charged with the duties of Government we intend to carry out those duties.

I make no apologies that the PAP is the Government and the Government is the PAP.

We want a Republican majority in the house and the senate, there's no question.

He who is the most strenuous for the rights of the people, when vested with power is as eager after for the prerogatives of government.