Evangelical People's Party (Netherlands)
The Evangelical People's Party (Dutch: Evangelische Volkspartij, EVP) was a minor progressive Christian political party in the Netherlands.
Read more about Evangelical People's Party (Netherlands): History, Ideology and Issues, Representation, Electorate, International Comparison
Famous quotes containing the words evangelical, people and/or party:
“Chastity is a monkish and evangelical superstition, a greater foe to natural temperance even than unintellectual sensuality.”
—Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)
“In England the judges should have independence to protect the people against the crown. Here the judges should not be independent of the people, but be appointed for not more than seven years. The people would always re-elect the good judges.”
—Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)
“In making the great experiment of governing people by consent rather than by coercion, it is not sufficient that the party in power should have a majority. It is just as necessary that the party in power should never outrage the minority.”
—Walter Lippmann (1889–1974)