Quotes About Devolution

If we as a party are serious about devolution, then we must respect councils and nations enough to determine their own agenda.

some change to the existing constitution. It was committed to devolution of powers to Scotland and Wales, not least because in Scotland the SNP was the chief challenger to its dominant position and it wanted to undermine the SNP's position. It began to advocate a charter of rights and many members began to see some

A strong devolved government is vital so that we have proper local decision-making, helping to strengthen the economy and build a more united community.

Northern Ireland must, in future, be absorbed into the Irish republic. Wales and Scotland must advance from devolution to full independent status. The four nations of these islands must commit themselves absolutely to the project of a United Europe.

The Scotsman' is a cheerleader for devolution.

If a radical devolution of powers was possible, it would have been done before. The assumption of states' rights is gone. There's no support for it in the Supreme Court and there's no support for it in public opinion.

I would support a devolution of power out of Washington for education, health care, transportation.

While Control came with whispers about being part of a kind of invisible dynasty, which naturally bred resentment. There was no denying that fact, even if, up close, the dynasty was more like a devolving franchise.

Our country needs Federalism so that there will be devolution of power, and no other tribes will live at the expense of other.

Lisa Nandy is absolutely right that we need to devolve economic power away from Westminster and learn from what Labour councils around the country are doing.

I don't know what weapons will be used to fight World War III. But World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." —Albert Einstein

I would support a devolution of power out of Washington for education, health care, transportation.

I am wholeheartedly in favour of an independent Scotland.

Anyone who seriously wants to keep Scotland in the U.K. must seek to stop the rise of the SNP, not to fuel and encourage it.

If evolution exists in every living species, likewise so too does devolution.

While the E.U. Withdrawal Act ensures that Brexit will work for all the devolved nations and our U.K. devolution settlements, the special requirements of Northern Ireland, which uniquely shares a land border with another E.U. member state, present a more formidable challenge.

And when you redefine the family other than what the Creator intended when he established it, then you look at the devolution of civilization.

The reason I say 'never say never' is because I do not think that there should be another independence referendum in Scotland - I do not think it's in their interest - but on the other hand, I am a big believer in devolution.

I listened as she griped enthusiastically about the pathetic emotional stamina of the undergrads foisted upon her. She'd said the same thing last year. I said, "It's gotten worse?" "It's nonstop devolution, Alex. The batch I got this semester is allergic to facts and feels entitled to unearned adoration. We're talking the emotional musculature of blind cave worms.

most of the devolution of our contemporary culture can be traced directly to the brokenness of men today. Whether the issue is faithfulness, crime, poverty, or a myriad of other social ills; at the core is the failure of men to become what God has created them to be.

We are used to things starting out small and simple and then progressing--evolving--to become ever more complex and sophisticated, so this is naturally what we expect to find on archaeological sites. It upsets our carefully structured ideas of how civilizations should behave, how they should mature and develop, when we are confronted by a case like Göbekli Tepe that starts out perfect at the beginning and then slowly devolves until it is just a pale shadow of its former self.

You can certainly make the case that we're devolving, that it may already be too late to save the rain forests, let alone the planet.

Separation and devolution are two completely different concepts which cannot be mixed together. One is not a stop on the way to the other.

Nuestro patrón de vida pasada no es sostenible. El tiempo planetario nos está moviendo hacia la siguiente fase de evolución, o devolución e incluso extinción.