For Pastrasche was their alpha and omega; their treasury and granary; their store of gold and wand of wealth; their bread-winner and… — Ouida Copy Share Image
A war, or any wild-goose chase, is, as the vulgar use the phrase, a lucky turn-up of patronage for the minister, whose… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
Lord Rothschild had access to all manner of leaders and experts. He was responsible only to the Prime Minister and answerable to… — Derek Wilson Copy Share Image
I think that, that it would be hard for New Hampshire to vote for somebody who was a fundamentalist minister, affable as… — Mike Huckabee Copy Share Image
For myself I say deliberately, it is better to have a millstone tied round the neck and be thrown into the sea… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi looks in the mirror and sees a playboy of the old school. And men such as Dominique… — Graydon Carter Copy Share Image
It is the highest impertinence and presumption, therefore, in kings and ministers to pretend to watch over the economy of private people,… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
The red directors were one of the main political forces. Another force was the former Soviet ministers who lost everything because of… — Anatoly Chubais Copy Share Image
“Some Christians pretend that Christianity was not established by the sword; but of what period of time do they speak? It was… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Remember. You are a physician. You are not a policeman nor are you a minister of religion. You must take people as… — Alan Bennett Copy Share Image
I caution you as I was never cautioned: You will never let go, you will never be satiated. You will be damaged… — Louise Glück Copy Share Image
On September 17, 1914, Erzberger, the well-known German statesman, an eminent member of the Catholic Party, wrote to the Minister of War,… — Georges Clemenceau Copy Share Image
They wanted to carry her, but she jumped to the stones of the plaza and strode away from the building, toward her… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
Everybody has the right to speak up in a democracy. We would be in trouble as a society if there wasn't a… — Jean Chretien Copy Share Image
Prayer is far-reaching in its influence and worldwide in its effects. It affects all men, affects them everywhere, and affects them in… — Edward McKendree Bounds Copy Share Image
The Prime Minister, shortly after she came into office, received a sobriquet as the 'Iron Lady'. It arose in the context of… — Enoch Powell Copy Share Image
The first ministers were the twelve disciples. There is no evidence that Jesus chose them because they are brighter or nicer than… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
Let not his mode of raising cash seem strange, Although he fleeced the flags of every nation, For into a prime minister… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
The Prime Minister in the UK thinks spending and borrowing more is the right thing to do in the circumstances, and is… — John Redwood Copy Share Image
Every person who is offered a knighthood has the opportunity to say yes or no. You get a letter from the Prime… — Derek Jacobi Copy Share Image
As prime minister, I worked closely with Ronald Reagan for eight of the most important years of all our lives. We talked… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
No British Prime Minister of the last seventy years has been more harshly stereotyped than Stanley Baldwin. No one has been so… — Stanley Baldwin Copy Share Image
I am the only candidate capable of delivering these three things as prime minister, and tonight it is clear that I am… — Theresa May Copy Share Image
Children exist in the world as well as in the family. From the moment they are born, they depend on a host… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
“Ah. My story. Are you certain you wish to hear it? It is long, unlikely, and remarkably unedifying -- shameful, even, to… — Peter S. Beagle Copy Share Image
India is a huge democracy. Prime Minister [Narendra] Modi has ambitions to try to fix the infrastructure, the rules, taxes, education, and… — Jamie Dimon Copy Share Image
What war?" said the Prime Minister sharply. "No one has said anything to me about a war. I really think I should… — Evelyn Waugh Copy Share Image
“Secondly, If the command of Christ to teach all nations be confined to the apostles, then all such ordinary ministers who have… — William Carey Copy Share Image
The richest persons in Africa are heads of state, governors and ministers. So every 'educated' African who wants to be rich -… — George Ayittey Copy Share Image
you're a product just as much. a product of a product. the people who design cars, they're products, your teachers, products. the… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
There is but a very minute portion of the creation which we can turn into food and clothes, or gratification for the… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
The only music minister to whom the Lord will say, 'Well done, thy good and faithful servant,' is the one whose life… — Keith Green Copy Share Image
Donald Trump was elected president of the United States of America. The UK and the US have shared challenges, shared interests, that… — Theresa May Copy Share Image
New-Year's Day arriving, and the ministers, to whom I wrote, remaining silent, I consider their silence as evidence, that they cannot prove… — Joanna Southcott Copy Share Image
For example, the Prime Minister earlier this year talked about the importance of the Arctic to our future. He's right. A hundred… — Brian Mulroney Copy Share Image
The Holocaust never quite leaves Israeli Jews alone. Arabs use it against them and they use it against Arabs. Jews use it… — David K. Shipler Copy Share Image
No enterprise can exist for itself alone. It ministers to some great need, it performs some great service, not for itself, but… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
Man, as the minister and interpreter of nature, is limited in act and understanding by his observation of the order of nature;… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
A minister of Jesus Christ should not be regardless of his attitude. If he is the representative of Jesus Christ, his deportment,… — Ellen G. White Copy Share Image
MINISTER, n. An agent of a higher power with a lower responsibility. In diplomacy, an officer sent into a foreign country as… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image