Prime Minister Quotes - Page 7

• This was absolutely an attack on [British Prime Minister] Tony Blair, principally, and the perspective which is really predominant in Europe right now that he's not questioning enough of Mr. Bush's policies.

  George Michael

  Dog, Song, Europe

  "George Michael defends political lampoon". www.cnn.com. July 5, 2002.

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• It was an honor and a thrill to have the chance to meet His Holiness, Pope Benedict, and then to have lunch with Prime Minister Berlusconi.... I think Italy and the U. S. have a very strong friendship and relationship, and I'm proud of that.

  Laura Bush

  Strong, Thinking, Lunch

  "Laura Bush Arrives at Olympics". www.foxnews.com. February 12, 2006.

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• I will protect your tax money! It won't be spent on Prime Minister and Governor houses. InshALLAH the day PTI government comes in power these walls of governor houses will be brought down. We will break these walls and make libraries and playgrounds for the public to use

  Imran Khan

  Wall, Government, House

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• I am not the Prime Minister of French capitalism. I am the Prime Minister of France.

  Lionel Jospin

  France, Prime, Ministers

  "France vs. Globalization". The Globalist Interview, www.theglobalist.com. March 20, 2001.

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• If there will be a serious Palestinian prime minister who makes a 100 percent effort to end terrorism, then we can have peace. Each side has to take steps. If terror continues, there will not be an independent Palestinian state. Israel will not accept it, if terror continues.

  Ariel Sharon

  Independent, Israel, Effort

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• Over the last few years, the Islamic world has produced more female presidents and prime ministers than both Europe and North America combined.

  Reza Aslan

  Islamic, Years, Europe

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• Pakistan's political leadership needs to make a clear choice to fight the Taliban decisively, not with half measures, the burden is on Prime Minister Sharif to show he can unite the country to defend its children.

  Bruce Riedel

  Leadership, Country, Children

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• The idea of Jewish settlements under Palestinian sovereignty, as was suggested by someone in the Prime Minister's office, is very dangerous and reflects an irrationality of values.

  Naftali Bennett

  Ideas, Office, Prime

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• I accept that it was a mistake to allow distinctions to be blurred between my professional responsibilities and my personal loyalties to a friend. Mr Speaker, I am sorry for this. I have apologised to the Prime Minister, to the public, and, at the first opportunity available, to the House.

  Liam Fox

  Loyalty, Sorry, Mistake

  Liam Fox during House of Commons Debates, www.publications.parliament.uk. October 10, 2011.

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• I work in lockstep, hand in glove, with the prime minister on these issues, and as we are supportive to the Eurozone so they can sort their problems out, in return they introduce safeguards to ensure precisely what I said: that the single market is not fragmented and that important industries like the financial services industry are treated fairly. Not exceptional treatment, but are just simply treated fairly, on a level playing field within Europe.

  Nick Clegg

  Hands, Europe, Issues

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• There are cycles in American politics. US cycles are even more pronounced because we Americans have a totally entrepreneurial presidential system. We don't have parliamentary opposition parties with a shadow prime minister and shadow cabinets. Every four years, the opposition reinvents itself.

  Charles Krauthammer

  Party, Years, Presidential

  "Obama Is Average". Interview with Klaus Brinkbäumer and Gregor-Peter Schmitz, www.spiegel.de. October 26, 2009.

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• I'm not really managing the work-life balance, I'm just accepting that the work increases and the ordinary life has to decrease when you're the prime minister.

  Tony Abbott

  Balance, Ordinary, Accepting

  "Grattan on Friday: In Conversation with Tony Abbott". Interview with Michelle Grattan, theconversation.com. March 27, 2014.

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• Some people find it difficult to argue with a woman Prime Minister and shrivel up.

  Douglas Hurd

  People, Arguing, Ministers

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• Margaret Thatcher was beyond argument a great Prime Minister. Her tragedy is that she may be remembered less for the brilliance of her many achievements than for the recklessness with which she later sought to impose her own increasingly uncompromising views.

  Geoffrey Howe

  Views, Achievement, Tragedy

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• When Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's government fell in May 1940, the nation turned to Churchill. At last, his unique qualities were brought to bear on a supreme challenge, and with his unshakable optimism, his heroic vision, and above all, his splendid speeches, Churchill roused the spirit of the British people.

  Gretchen Rubin

  Unique, Government, People

  Gretchen Rubin (2004). “Forty Ways to Look at Winston Churchill: A Brief Account of a Long Life”, p.17, Random House

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• In this time of challenge, I am asking the prime minister to address Congress on the grave threats radical Islam and Iran pose to our security and way of life.

  John Boehner

  Life, Iran, Challenges

  "Boehner invites Netanyahu to address Congress on Iran, after Obama veto threat" by Mike Emanuel, www.foxnews.com. January 21, 2015.

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• The Liberal Party has dealt with the spill motion and now this matter is behind us, we think that when you elect a government, when you elect a prime minister, you deserve to keep that government and that prime minister until you have a chance to change your mind.

  Tony Abbott

  Change, Party, Thinking

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• The United States has renewed our leadership in the Asia-Pacific, prime Minister Abe is leading Japan to a new role on the world stage.

  Shinzo Abe

  Leadership, Japan, Roles

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• The Canadian Prime Minister said Canada would lend the U.S. its full military support. You know what that means: Both tanks.

  Jay Leno

  Military, Mean, Support You

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• It is the only time that I can ever remember the Prime Minister reading out the conclusions of a meeting that did not take place. They were already written before it started.

  Michael Heseltine

  Reading, Remember, Prime

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• They said that President Bush's war in Iraq has cost the former Spanish Prime Minister his job. So President Bush isn't losing American jobs anymore, he's branching out to other countries.

  Jay Leno

  Country, Jobs, War

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• History should remember Blair and Bush as the killers of children, or as the lying prime minister and president.

  Mahathir Mohamad

  Children, Lying, President

  "Mahathir Criticises Bush, Blair". www.thestar.com.my. February 05, 2007.

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• I think women across Australia, particularly, are a bit fed up with this constant attack and belittling of women in politics, and particularly the role of a female as a Prime Minister.

  Christine Milne

  Thinking, Australia, Female

  "Meet the Press" with Kathryn Robinson, www.news.com.au. March 24, 2013.

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• The Prime Minister, a specialist in calling in the locksmith after the horses had fled - the whole herd in fact - and the barn in ruins, ended the week with a great raft of ethics proposals for cabinet, leadership candidates, backbenchers and lobbyists. I think it is more than fair to ask: Why wait for the middle of his third term to institute what the public would have welcomed at the beginning of his first?

  Rex Murphy

  Horse, Thinking, Waiting

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• I was a very senior minister in the Howard government and I sat around this particular table [in the prime ministerial office] in many discussions. The difference between being a senior minister and the prime minister is that ultimately the buck does stop with the prime minister and in the end the prime minister has to make those critical judgement calls and that's the big difference.

  Tony Abbott

  Senior, Differences, Government

  "Grattan on Friday: In Conversation with Tony Abbott". Interview with Michelle Grattan, theconversation.com. March 27, 2014.

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