Prime minister Quotes · Page 12

A prime minister's job is to make sure the government works for those who have elected him, and not for big corporations.

— Jack Layton

Headmasters have powers at their disposal with which Prime ministers have never yet been invested.

— Winston Churchill

I became a prime minister within four-and-a-half years, the shortest kind of career ever in Israeli political history.

— Ehud Barak

Do you know what prepares you for the mental hospital? Being a prime minister's wife.

— Margaret Trudeau

The British prime minister will want to have a strong and positive relationship with European leaders always.

— Michael Gove

New Zealand, by the way, where I was ambassador, has had two women prime ministers - one from either party.

— Carol Moseley Braun

No prime minister, no government can expect to be unanswerable or unchallenged.

— Gina Miller

I don't work hard enough. If I had worked harder I might have been prime minister.

— Ken Livingstone

Prime Minister Jan Dhan Yojana is a reflection of how rich India's poor are at heart. Without any obligation to put any…

— Narendra Modi

It is the only time that I can ever remember the Prime Minister reading out the conclusions of a meeting that did…

— Michael Heseltine

He saved me from being somebody else. I could have been prime minister, I could have been a prostitute on the streets,…

— Rita Marley

I would sooner be prime minister of the moon than run another marathon. I've been really lucky. I didn't have any toenails…

— Ryan Reynolds

It is often remarked that I am very close to Mr. Modi. But when it comes to issues of national importance, I've…

— Sharad Pawar

I'd tax the Daily Mail [if I were a Prime Minister] so high no one could afford to buy it. I hate…

— Jason Flemyng

Some information has to remain in the privy of the office of the Prime Minister and the ministers for the proper administration…

— Jean Chretien

You know, by the time you become the leader of a country, someone else makes all the decisions. ... You may find…

— William J. Clinton

I'll tell you whose view on [Bashar] Assad is the same as mine. It's Prime Minister [Benjamin] Netanyahu. Prime Minister Netanyahu has…

— Ted Cruz

My Prime Minister regards the economy as our highest priority and forgets that economics and ecology are derived from the same Greek…

— David Suzuki

When I made my first trip to Israel as a member of Congress, not only did I meet with the Israeli president…

— Lee Zeldin

If you want to run for Prime Minister, you can. If you don't, that's wonderful, too. Shave your armpits, don't shave them,…

— Emma Watson

“(a) Going to Oxford didn't necessarily make a person clever. (b) Cleverness didn't necessarily make a good prime minister. (c) If a…

— Arundhati Roy

Mrs. Thatcher used to remark that those in the middle of the road would get hit by traffic on both sides. By…

— Suella Braverman

I work in lockstep, hand in glove, with the prime minister on these issues, and as we are supportive to the Eurozone…

— Nick Clegg

“As we chatted, it became instantly clear why he was projected to become the next prime minister. Everything about him radiated competence…

— Anonymous

What all this tells me is that a large proportion of the people in positions of power across Australia - politicians and…

— Clementine Ford

“But you won’t abdicate." Of course not. It’s my duty to go on, to maintain the line. I can’t possibly fail in…

— Mark Helprin

I refer to the misunderstanding of Soviet Russia as an aggressive power, militaristically and ideologically bent upon world domination 'seeing', to quote…

— Enoch Powell

OPPOSITION, n. In politics the party that prevents the Government from running amuck by hamstringing it. The King of Ghargaroo, who had…

— Ambrose Bierce

As for the job of prime minister, I like it, yes. But no more than I've liked other work that I've done…

— Indira Gandhi

Every prime minister... has the responsibility to provide security for his people.

— Ehud Olmert

How can we return the occupied territories? There is nobody to return them to.

— Golda Meir

I may not worry as much as Prime Minister Eshkol does about Israel, but I worry as deeply.

— Lyndon B. Johnson

America is replicated at every level of British life, from the taxi driver to the prime minister.

— Timothy Garton Ash

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

— Margaret Thatcher

We vote to leave, we get rid of this Prime Minister - dishonest Dave [Cameron] - and we get a better Prime…

— Nigel Farage

The prime minister in Belgium gave our album to Barack Obama. I was really surprised that he decided to give a CD…

— Stromae

I think I am the first person to have made a statement that Narendra Modi should be the Prime Minister of India.

— Raj Thackeray

To be prime minister, you need to fight many entities, you need to be very determined. It's not going to fall in…

— Ayelet Shaked

As far as I know, Kamala Haasan does not choose the prime minister of this country.

— J. Jayalalithaa

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

— Julia Gillard