Prime Minister Quotes - Page 11

• My task, as a member of this parliament and a 30-year member of the Australian Labor Party, as its former leader, as its former foreign minister and its former prime minister, is to now throw my every effort in securing Julia Gillard's re-election as Labor prime minister at the next election.

  Kevin Rudd

  Party, Years, Effort

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• I don't think that my particular religious convictions should be held against me in this campaign any more than the Prime Minister's lack of convictions should be held against her.

  Tony Abbott

  Religious, Thinking, Campaigns

  "Abbott agrees to debate Julia Gillard on economy". Interview with Alexandra Kirk, www.abc.net.au. August 17, 2010.

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• The Prime Minister, shortly after she came into office, received a sobriquet as the 'Iron Lady'. It arose in the context of remarks which she made about defence against the Soviet Union and its allies; but there was no reason to suppose that the Right Honourable Lady did not welcome and, indeed, take pride in that description. In the next week or two this House, the nation and the Right Honourable Lady herself, will learn of what metal she is made.

  Enoch Powell

  Pride, Next Week, Two

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• It is easy to criticize and find fault with the conduct of kings, and write furious articles against them in newspapers, or make violent speeches about them on platforms. Any fool can rip and rend a costly garment, but not every man can cut out and make one. To expect perfection in kings, prime ministers, or rulers of any king, is senseless and unreasonable. We would exhibit more wisdom if we prayed for them more, and criticized less.

  J. C. Ryle

  Kings, Rip, Writing

  J.C. Ryle (2015). “The Upper Room: Biblical Truths For Modern Times”, p.309, Whitaker House

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• The monarchy is so extraordinarily useful. When Britain wins a battle she shouts, God save the Queen; when she loses, she votes down the prime minister.

  Winston Churchill

  Queens, Winning, Battle

  "Churchill v Toynbee" by Patrick Barkham, www.theguardian.com. November 23, 2006.

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• It must be a conviction Government. As Prime Minister I could not waste time having internal arguments.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Government, Waste, Wasting Time

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• The Prime Minister is stealing our clothes but he is going to look pretty ridiculous walking around in mine.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Clothes, Looks, Ridiculous

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• The Japanese Prime Minister has apologized for Japan's part in World War II. However, he still hasn't mentioned anything about karaoke.

  David Letterman

  War, Japan, World

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• The prime minister found something hopeful in the man's eyes and manner. The 30 or so people who run this world analyze one another that way and then make decisions of life and death for us. Scary, but true.

  Hugh Sidey

  Running, Eye, Men

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• I have never asked a prime minister for anything.

  Rupert Murdoch

  Prime, Ministers

  "Murdoch denies political influence, Cameron disagrees" By Richard Allen Greene, www.cnn.com. April 25, 2012.

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• There is something utterly nauseating about a system of society which pays a harlot 25 times as much as it pays its prime minister, 250 times as much as it pays its members of Parliament and 500 times as much as it pays some of its ministers of religion.

  Harold Wilson

  Pay, Prime, Ministers

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• I think the rest of the world will think we're made, and indeed we are. We've turned out the greatest Prime Minister in the post war years simply because of short term nerves.

  Ann Widdecombe

  War, Thinking, Years

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• As prime minister, I worked closely with Ronald Reagan for eight of the most important years of all our lives. We talked regularly both before and after his presidency. And I have had time and cause to reflect on what made him a great president.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Eight, Years, Important

  Remarks on the Passing of Ronald Reagan, tape delivered on 11 June 2004

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• I want to be Prime Minister, but I will stand for Mayor of London first.

  Mohamed Al-Fayed

  Want, London, Firsts

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• We have, or have had women presidents or prime ministers in Liberia, Chile, Germany, Great Britain...and yet the US of A still hasn't had a women president. It's just beyond my thinking. Look at Congress.

  Billie Jean King

  Thinking, President, Germany

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• Lord Rothschild had access to all manner of leaders and experts. He was responsible only to the Prime Minister and answerable to neither the electorate nor the civil service chiefs.

  Derek Wilson

  Leader, Experts, Rothschild

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• This was an away-day for the deputy prime minister's staff, who've had a change of responsibilities [on John Prescott's scandalous playing habits... on the croquet lawn]

  Paul Clark

  Change, Responsibility, Habit

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• The prime minister has chosen to acknowledge publicly the sovereignty of God and the claim of God on her life. Hers is the challenge to live up to that claim.

  Philip Robinson

  God, Challenges, Prime

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• lf there is anything that puzzles me in this game lt is that the longer that you are in the job of Prime Minister, the harder you have to work to do your job. With anything else, such as stenography, administering a store, or whatever done it for nine or ten years you get to know the ropes pretty well and it becomes easy and you can spend a lot of time playing golf or something. l feel that the more you know, the more you have to know and the more problems come.

  Pierre Trudeau

  Jobs, Government, Games

  "Pierre Elliott Trudeau".

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• I saw my role as prime minister's wife as being human towards other humans and not treating them badly.

  Margaret Whitlam

  Women, Wife, Roles

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• What all this tells me is that a large proportion of the people in positions of power across Australia - politicians and media pundits included - just don't consider the beating down of women to be of any consequence. Half the time they won't even acknowledge it, let alone take a stand against it, preferring instead to gaslight women and pretend it's all in their head. Are these the kinds of people we want making decisions for us? The ones who think mockery about women's genitals is bad when it targets no one in particular, but OK when it targets the Prime Minister?

  Clementine Ford

  Women, Thinking, Media

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• Gentlemen, I have spent the night thinking about this Peruvian (peace) initiative and I have to tell you that if it is your decision to accept then you will have to find another Prime Minister.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Night, Thinking, Decision

  Margaret Thatcher, Iain Dale (1997). “As I said to Denis--: the Margaret Thatcher book of quotations”, Robson Book Ltd

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• So I was smacked up on the Prime Minister's jet – big deal.

  Will Self

  Prime, Ministers, Bigs

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• In Pierre Trudeau, Canada has finally produced a Prime Minister worthy of assassination.

  John Diefenbaker

  Leadership, Canada, Prime

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• But at the end of the day, when the military command looks up, it sees us — the minister of defense and the prime minister. When we look up, we see nothing but the sky above us.

  Ehud Barak

  Military, Sky, The End Of The Day

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