Prime Minister Quotes

• Find enough clever things to say, and you're a Prime Minister; write them down and you're a Shakespeare.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Clever, Silly, Writing

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• I don't think there will be a woman Prime Minister in my lifetime.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Thinking, Lifetime, Prime

  "Val meets the V.I.P.s", www.margaretthatcher.org. March 5, 1973.

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• In my view, the ideal prime minister is patient, hard-working, compassionate and has a clear vision, driven by the fair go.

  Julia Gillard

  Hard Work, Views, Vision

  "Julia Gillard: 20 people, 20 questions". The Guardian Interview, www.theguardian.com. May 26, 2013.

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• The work of a Prime Minister is the loneliest job in the world.

  Stanley Baldwin

  Jobs, World, Prime

  1927 Speech, 9 Jan.

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• Some years ago there was a study to discover the most stressful occupation. It turned out not to be the head of a large business, football manager or prime minister, but rather: bus driver.

  Jonathan Sacks

  Football, Years, Occupation

  "Passover’s Freedom Is Control Over Time" by Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 12, 2012.

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• Refuse to accept the narrative of history laid down by presidents, prime ministers, generals and journalists.

  Robert Fisk

  President, Narrative, Accepting

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• If your only objective is to be popular, you're going to be popular but you will be known as the Prime Minister who achieved nothing.

  Brian Mulroney

  Prime, Ministers, Objectives

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• When I started out as Prime Minister I wanted to please all the people all the time. By the end I was wondering if I pleased any of the people any of the time.

  Tony Blair

  People, Wonder, Prime

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• Being prime minister is a lonely job... you cannot lead from the crowd.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Lonely, Jobs, Interesting

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• I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.

  Winston Churchill

  Determination, Military, War

  Speech in House of Commons, 13 May 1940

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• Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

  Winston Churchill

  Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

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• Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never -- in nothing, great or small, large or petty -- never give in, except to convictions of honor and good sense.

  Winston Churchill

  Life, Inspiring, Graduation

  Speech at Harrow School, Harrow, England, 29 Oct. 1941

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• A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.

  Winston Churchill

  Funny, Change, Business

  Winston Churchill (1987). “The Irrepressible Churchill: Stories, Sayings and Impressions of Sir Winston Churchill”, London : Robson Books

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• A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen.

  Winston Churchill

  Funny, Humorous, Next Week

  In B. Adler Churchill Wit (1965) p. 4

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• At home and abroad I have repeatedly been asked what are the main essentials of a successful prime minister. Over and above communication and vigilance, there are two factors I have always mentioned. They are sleep, and a sense of history.

  Harold Wilson

  Sleep, Successful, Political

  "The Governance of Britain".

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• So actually I only got a mobile phone the day after I left being Prime Minister.

  Tony Blair

  Phones, Prime, Ministers

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• Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.

  Winston Churchill

  Inspirational, Life, Graduation

  Speech at Mansion House, London, 10 Nov. 1942.

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• There are a terrible lot of lies going about the world, and the worst of it is that half of them are true.

  Winston Churchill

  Funny, True Friend, Lying

  Sir Winston Churchill (1995). “The Proverbial Winston S. Churchill: An Index to Proverbs in the Works of Sir Winston Churchill”

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• My good friends, for the second time in our history, a British Prime Minister has returned from Germany bringing peace with honor. I believe it is peace for our time... Go home and get a nice quiet sleep.

  Neville Chamberlain

  Nice, Believe, Home

  Neville Chamberlain's "Peace For Our Time" Speech in front of 10 Downing St., eudocs.lib.byu.edu. September 30, 1938.

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• I would like to become the prime minister, do the job for two years, and then leave and devote myself to public work.

  Bidzina Ivanishvili

  Jobs, Years, Two

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• We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.

  Winston Churchill

  Life, Inspiring, Witty

  "Words of Wisdom: Winston Churchil"l, Students' Academy, Lulu Press, Section Three, 2014.

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• I have as much chance of becoming Prime Minister as of being decapitated by a frisbee or of finding Elvis.

  Boris Johnson

  Redneck, Becoming, Chance

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I don't care if I remain prime minister. I'm only interested in doing a good job as long as I'm capable and for as long as I don't get tired.

  Indira Gandhi

  Jobs, Tired, Long

  Interview With Oriana Fallaci, sangam.org. December 24, 2014.

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• The Prime Minister has an absolute genius for putting flamboyant labels on empty luggage.

  Aneurin Bevan

  Political, Labels, Genius

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• This was a secret meeting on a secret tour which nobody is supposed to know about. It means that there are men, and perhaps women, in this country walking around with eggs in their pockets, just on the off-chance of seeing the Prime Minister.

  Edward Heath

  Country, Mean, Men

  Edward Heath's remarks to the press after Harold Wilson was hit by eggs thrown by demonstrators on two successive days (June 1, 1970), as quoted in Edward Heath "The Course of My Life" (p. 305), 1998.

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