Committees Quote by Burt Lancaster Download Open image “Can anything be more Un-American than the Un-American committee?” — Burt Lancaster ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Committees
I've said many a time that I think the Un-American Activities Committee in the House of Representatives was the most un-American thing in America! — Harry S Truman Copy Share
This is no job for a UN committee. It needs the same kind of unwavering dedication and the kinds of people that got us… — Wilson Greatbatch Copy Share Image
There is a certain tendency on the part of some Americans to treat the UN as a multilateralism à la carte where you pick… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
The UN to some extent diffuses U.S. power. Therefore it's less direct an agency of the United States than the U.S. Army is. But… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The Democrats appear to be the only people who still believe there is any efficacy to the UN. — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
[The American position at the UN is] essentially impotent, without influence, heavily outvoted, and isolated. — Jeane Kirkpatrick Copy Share Image
The thing I love so much about the UN, is that they're so obviously corrupt. It's not like the Oil-for-Food scandal was even hard… — John Hamill Copy Share Image
The notion that the UN is some sort of dispassionate body that, does right and just pursues everybody's best interests is a fantasy. Each… — Mona Charen Copy Share Image
I think the most un-American thing you can say is, 'You can't say that. — Garrison Keillor Copy Share
The reality is that international institutions like the UN can only be as effective as its members allow it to be. — Atal Bihari Vajpayee Copy Share Image
I hate looking backward, but every once in a while it sneaks up on you. — Burt Lancaster Copy Share Image
You see, if you make believe hard enough that something is true, then it is true for you. — Burt Lancaster Copy Share Image
I found marriage somewhat stifling. I don't know that I am the kind of man who ought to be married. — Burt Lancaster Copy Share Image
Most people seem to think I'm the kind of guy who shaves with a blowtorch. Actually I'm bookish and worrisome. — Burt Lancaster Copy Share Image
They were fun days, and we set the town on fire with every movie we did. — Burt Lancaster Copy Share Image
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My feeling has always been that 'Good Eats' would have never happened had it been left to a committee. — Alton Brown Copy Share Image
There is not a revolution that succe Women are suffering because they are being excluded. The high military council excluded women from the committee… — Nawal El Saadawi Copy Share Image
As the first Member of Congress from western Washington to serve on the House Agriculture Committee in over 50 years, I am proud to… — Rick Larsen Copy Share Image
I was the chairman of the Budget Committee and the lead architect the last time it happened in Washington, and when we did it… — John Kasich Copy Share Image
It is necessary to get a lot of men together, for the show of the thing, otherwise the world will not believe. That is… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
Government likes committees... a lot. Committees kill all the really good ideas and generally all the really bad ideas. They produce middle-ground mush. — Betsy DeVos Copy Share Image
When you have the Chief of Staff of the Republican National Committee and the political director of the Romney campaign, and their two companies… — Patrick Caddell Copy Share Image
I find it profoundly symbolic that I am appearing before a committee of fifteen men who will report to a legislative body of one… — Letty Cottin Pogrebin Copy Share Image
I come to this debate, Mr. Speaker, as one at the end of 10 years in office on the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence,… — Nancy Pelosi Copy Share Image
I was the chairman of the House Budget Committee and one of the chief architects the last time we balanced a budget, and it… — John Kasich Copy Share Image
As Mayor, I will fully support my Arts Commission and its professional selection committees so that they can commission a full range of public… — Gavin Newsom Copy Share Image
What's insulting to the American people, the Senate, to this whole process is that the Republicans, with all other nominees, have said Democrats are… — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image