Prime minister Quotes · Page 13

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

— John Smith

One day, when I have advertising out of my system, I want to be Prime Minister of Australia.

— David Droga

The country is polarised between those who would pursue a hard Brexit, which is where the prime minister is, and Remain.

— David Gauke

Nobody has a right to call me or the prime minister a thief and a liar.

— Nirmala Sitharaman

I don't want to be Prime Minister of England, I want to be Prime Minister of the whole of the United Kingdom.

— David Cameron

“Well, in war, you can only be killed once. But in politics, many times.”

— Winston Churchill

“Mazarin, in his character of cardinal and prime minister, was almost an atheist, and quite a materialist.”

— Alexandre Dumas

Resignations are for Prime Ministers and those caught with their trousers down, not for me.

— Brian Clough

There is no "ruler" in our country. Poland is a democracy. Our Prime Minister leads the government; the President is fulfilling his…

— Jaroslaw Kaczynski

While security of national leadership is of paramount significance, expenditure on permanent civil structures at the family home of the prime minister…

— Shehbaz Sharif

When I was Prime Minister, it's right - we had a close relationship - but that did not prevent me, when I…

— Bob Hawke

We would take the same position as the majority of the world about this, including this issue where Prime Minister [Ariel] Sharon…

— Thabo Mbeki

Boris Johnson's experience in life is telling a lot of porkies about the European Union in Brussels and then becoming prime minister.

— Nicholas Soames

The saddest moment as Prime Minister is writing letters to families who have lost loved ones in Afghanistan or those who we…

— David Cameron

You cannot think of Margaret without Denis. There comes a time when every Prime Minister needs someone to give him or her…

— John Major

Prime Minister Benjamin Netyanahu made it real clear. They're willing to be generous on some other concessions but not on the border…

— Herman Cain

The landscape in academic science is traditionally male-dominated. Women didn't always see themselves there - there was a lack of role models,…

— Kirsty Duncan

If I had been prime minister, I would have offered apologies to the Dutch Jewish community without hesitation. This would refer both…

— Els Borst

I was elected by the people of Australia as Prime Minister of Australia. I was elected to do a job, I intend…

— Kevin Rudd

Before the State of Israel became a reality, Sinatra was a strong supporter, knowing that Jews were being denied access to the…

— Frank Sinatra Jr

[Margaret] Thatcher had just become prime minister; there was talk about whether it was an advance to have a woman prime minister…

— Caryl Churchill

There should be some other provisions in the Constitution whereby if the Government is not functioning well, it can be dealt with.…

— Nawaz Sharif

I have an ambivalent relationship with Margaret Thatcher. She came to power in May 1979 - a month before my 11th birthday.…

— Sara Sheridan

My great-grandfather was prime minister of Canada, and I had a very Edwardian upbringing. It was a beautiful, romantic way of growing…

— Christopher Plummer

We all know that Prime Ministers are wedded to the truth, but like other wedded couples they sometimes live apart.

— Hector Hugh Munro

At the end of the day, the law is the same for the Prime Minister or a common man of India.

— Akshaye Khanna

If I was prime minister, there would be absolutely zero risk that Brexit wouldn't happen.

— Andrea Leadsom

Government will not nominate the former Labor prime minister [Kevin Rudd] to be the UN's next secretary-general.

— Malcolm Turnbull

The prime minister does not represent a particular political party; he is a representative of the whole country.

— Rajnath Singh

Spying on the prime minister of Israel and Congress has nothing to do with national security - only politics.

— Mark Meadows

The prime minister's job is to captain his team, his party and his government.

— John Bercow

Can a Congress worker ever think of becoming a Prime Minister? No. Because that seat is reserved by birth in that party.

— Amit Shah

You're running to be prime minister - it's hard to be the person who makes jokes.

— Ed Miliband

I was really quite geeky at school. At one point, I wanted to be prime minister or a mathematician.

— Bel Powley

As a Scot Gordon Brown will find it hard to convince people in England he should be prime minister

— Boris Johnson

Short of being prime minister there isn't a better job in British politics than running London.

— Ken Livingstone

I am in regular contact with Prime Minister [Shinzo] Abe. We have met several times this year [2016].

— Vladimir Putin

Good thing I pulled the right one, eh, Prime Minister? -Dentist

— Finding Nemo

Rahul Gandhi lacks the mass appeal and not a match to Modi... people will not not accept him as prime minister.

— Tamilisai Soundararajan

It was a Labour prime minister who appointed the first black male and female cabinet ministers.

— Chuka Umunna