Prime Minister Quotes - Page 12

• It is my hope that I could be not just a Prime Minister, but a Prime Minister for Aboriginal affairs, the first I imagine that we've ever had.

  Yitzhak Rabin

  Firsts, Affair, Imagine

  Source: www.sbs.com.au

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• I noticed - and this is one of the people don't understand of Tony [Abbot] - he grew. To me he grew as opposition leader. He come in - he wasn't really good at the beginning when he was opposition leader. He won the confidence of the Australian people and got the job as Prime Minister. He grew in Indigenous affairs. To me, we just totally disagreed in it, but now we're very much one on one on it.

  Warren Mundine

  Jobs, People, Leader

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• My father was the Prime Minister of Pakistan. My grandfather had been in politics, too; however, my own inclination was for a job other than politics. I wanted to be a diplomat, perhaps do some journalism - certainly not politics.

  Benazir Bhutto

  Jobs, Father, Diplomats

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• You cannot think of Margaret without Denis. There comes a time when every Prime Minister needs someone to give him or her the unvarnished truth, and, in Denis, Margaret had just that.

  John Major

  Thinking, Giving, Needs

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• Rosalynn said, "Jimmy, if we could only get Prime Minister Begin and President Sadat up here on this mountain for a few days, I believe they might consider how they could prevent another war between their countries." That gave me the idea, and a few weeks later, I invited both men to join me for a series of private talks. In September 1978, they both came to Camp David.

  Jimmy Carter

  Country, Peace, War

  Jimmy Carter (1995). “Talking Peace: A Vision for the Next Generation”, Puffin

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• The Prime Minister wins debate after debate and loses battle after battle. The country is beginning to say that he fights debates like a war and the war like a debate.

  Aneurin Bevan

  Country, War, Fighting

  Aneurin Bevan, Peter J. Laugharne (1996). “Aneurin Bevan: Speeches at Westminster, 1929-1944”

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• When I was in college, I was belittling the woman who later become my wife for not knowing who Boba Fett was, and she responded by asking me if I knew who the Prime Minister of Israel was. Surprisingly? Not Mon Mothma.

  Brian K. Vaughan

  College, Israel, Knowing

  "Joss Whedon & Brian K. Vaughan talk 'Buffy'". Interview with Joss Whedon, www.cbr.com. September 6, 2007.

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• I confirmed to the prime minister that we appreciate our friendship.

  George W. Bush

  Humor, Appreciate, Political

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• We dream of an India where development is the result of all Chief Ministers, the Prime Minister, state Ministers, Union Ministers working together with even Local Body Authorities as one team, a strong and united Team India.

  Narendra Modi

  Dream, Strong, Team

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• I assured the prime minister, my administration will work hard to lay the foundation of peace in the Middle - to work with our nations in the Middle East, give peace a chance. Secondly, I told him that our nation will not try to force peace, that we'll facilitate peace and that we will work with those responsible for a peace.

  George W. Bush

  Hard Work, Humor, Giving

  Remarks of Israel in Photo Opportunity, The Oval Office, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. March 20, 2001.

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• I sometimes think that when the prime minister tries to select a weapon it is the boomerang he finds most effective.

  John Smith

  Thinking, Trying, Weapons

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• Your personality as the prime minister feeds through to what you emphasise, and what you don't, how you'll handle a situation - whether you've got the combination of intelligence or instincts to adapt and to make good decisions.

  John Key

  Personality, Decision, Instinct

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I never, never supporting any violence and everybody that know me, and all the countries here they know well that is no one, nowhere that the former prime minister will become terrorist to hurt their own country. No way.

  Thaksin Shinawatra

  Country, Hurt, Way

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• As Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister Barak have repeatedly said, the intelligence and security relationship between the United States and Israel at present is unprecedented. It has never been stronger.

  Susan Rice

  Israel, Stronger, United States

  "Amb. Susan Rice, Rep. Mike Rogers discuss violence against Americans in the Middle East". "Fox News Sunday", www.foxnews.com. September 16, 2012.

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• Instead of a president who boycotts Prime Minister Netanyahu, imagine a president who stands unapologetically with the nation of Israel.

  Ted Cruz

  Israel, President, Imagine

  Ted Cruz's Announcement on Presidential Campaign at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, www.independent.co.uk. March 23, 2015.

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• What country is stabler than Iran? Where else in the world would an assassinated prime minister be so quickly replaced?

  Ruhollah Khomeini

  Country, Government, Iran

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• Even from my sickbed, even if you are going to lower me into the grave and I feel that something is going wrong, I will get up. Those who believe that after I have left the government as prime minister, I will go into a permanent retirement, really should have their heads examined.

  Lee Kuan Yew

  Retirement, Believe, Government

  "Not fade away". www.economist.com. May 19, 2011.

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• When I became prime minister last September, I promised the Japanese people that I would not tolerate the politics of indecision. A propensity to delay difficult and weighty decisions has been hurting our country. It is detrimental to our economy, society and future, and it cannot be allowed to continue.

  Yoshihiko Noda

  Country, Hurt, People

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• Every cabinet minister gets a mission statement from the Prime Minister.

  Brian Mulroney

  Cabinets, Prime, Ministers

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• People innately have lots of solutions. It sounds like an obvious thing, but everyone thinks that they can be prime minister; everyone thinks that they can do a better job.

  Mark Thomas

  Jobs, Thinking, Obvious Things

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• I find that it is much easier now for women to be in any position because, as you see, they are presidents of banks, they are prime ministers, they are doctors. Everything is about women.

  Carolina Herrera

  Doctors, President, Easier

  "The Evolution of Elegance". Interview with Renee Zellweger, www.harpersbazaar.com. September 15, 2016.

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• As Prime Minister of Israel, I will introduce a bill into the Knesset that will simply pay the Arabs not to shoot at the Jews.

  Roseanne Barr

  Israel, Pay, Bills

  "12 Crazy Things Presidential Candidate Roseanne Barr Has Said About The United States" by Jordan Teicher, www.businessinsider.com. February 3, 2012.

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• More broadly, Prime Minister Lee [Hsien Loong] and I will work to advance the US-Singapore partnership across the board. We're committed to sustaining the dynamism of our economies with the Trans-Pacific Partnership - the highest-standard trade agreement ever - which will support trade and innovation in both our countries.

  Barack Obama

  Country, Agreement, Support

  Source: www.straitstimes.com

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• I am critical of the fact that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is pulling out of everything - the joint approach to the refugee issue, for example. He cannot disparage his colleagues in the EU either - that's not how we treat each other. We require solidarity: in refugee policies, just as in the financial architecture of the structural funds from which countries like Hungary have strongly profited from for years.

  Martin Schulz

  Country, Years, Issues

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• When I became Prime Minister, I looked back on what was done before – what were the policies and actions before – and I thought that I need to be critical if I’m going to do anything at all.

  Mahathir Mohamad

  Needs, Done, Action

  "Interview with Tun Dr Mahathir bin Mohamad". Interview with Sue Onslow, commonwealth-oral-history-project.blogs.sas.ac.uk. February 11, 2015.

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