Council Quotes

345 quotes by 279 authors

I am joining the government not from the academic position but from St. Petersburg city council. — Anatoly Chubais
Disarming Iraq is legal under a series of U.N. resolutions. Iraq is in flagrant violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions. — Jose Maria Aznar
In recent years, more and more of my time has become absorbed by administrative work for the research council of ETH-Z of which I am… — Richard Ernst
It was the final session of the Council, the most essential, in which the Pope [Paul VI] was to bestow upon all humanity the teachings… — Jean Guitton
When I read the documents relative to the Modernism, as it was defined by Saint Pius X, and when I compare them to the documents… — Jean Guitton
In 1968 the Arts Council managed to get a grant from the treasury to buy up a lot of derelict touring theatres and put them… — Timothy West
Beijing would indeed consider vetoing any American effort to sanction Iran at the Security Council. — Li Zhaoxing
I enjoyed the administrative work because it involved working with Congress, city council, and the mayor. I had never been a politician so it was… — Harold H. Greene
There are big issues, like the reform of the Security Council. These kinds of questions are something the President of the General Assembly must keep… — Harri Holkeri
American agents... are the only persons authorized to hold councils of a political nature. — Zebulon Pike
Finally, I am encouraged to note that the Security Council issued a statement today expressing its concern about the massive humanitarian crisis in Darfur and… — Jan Egeland
I look forward to the day when the Westminster Parliament is just a council chamber in Europe — Kenneth Clarke
I'm not looking for a battle with anybody, neither the council nor our labor partners. — Antonio Villaraigosa
One canon reduced to writing by God himself, two testaments, three creeds, four general councils, five centuries, and the series of Fathers in that period… — Lancelot Andrewes
Additionally, any Human Rights Council reform that allows countries with despicable human rights records to remain as members, such as China and Saudi Arabia, is… — Michael McCaul
Currently, the United States provides 22 percent of the U.N. annual budgets, over $900 million in fiscal year 2007, and some of that funding goes… — Michael McCaul
Now, I cannot approve anything the council has rejected, but I can reject anything the council has approved. — Jane Alexander
Our fates are in the hands of An Almighty God, to whom I can with pleasure confide my own; he can save us, or destroy… — Abraham Clark
Daughter to that good Earl, once President Of England's Council, and her Treasury, Who lived in both, unstained with gold or fee, And left them… — John Milton
It is wonderful how preposterously the affairs of the world are managed. We assemble parliaments and councils to have the benefit of collected wisdom, but… — Benjamin Franklin

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