Ministers Quotes

653 Ministers quotes by 466 unique authors

My father was a minister, so I was a P.K., a preacher's kid. — Dorothy Malone
My father was a no-nonsense, dedicated, and focused minister, and there was usually a sermon he needed to prepare for or a Scripture he needed… — Arsenio Hall
Conferences at the top level are always courteous. Name-calling is left to the foreign ministers. — W. Averell Harriman
To be a miracle worker you do not have to get a doctoral degree, become a minister, eat a particular food, or be able to… — Alan Cohen
They tell about a fifteen-year-old boy in an orphans' home who had an incurable stutter. One Sunday the minister was detained and the boy volunteered… — Bennett Cerf
I don't work hard enough. If I had worked harder I might have been prime minister. — Ken Livingstone
I would like to sound like James Mason. I reckon if I'd had a better voice I could have been prime minister. It is the… — Ken Livingstone
A minister, without boldness, is like a smooth file, a knife without an edge, a sentinel that is afraid to let off his gun. If… — William Gurnall
Posterity will do justice to that unprincipled maniac Gladstone - extraordinary mixture of envy, vindictiveness, hypocrisy and superstition; and with one commanding characteristic - whether… — Benjamin Disraeli
A minister who moves about in society is in a position to read the signs of the times even in a festive gathering, but one… — Etienne Francois, duc de Choiseul
It is undoubtedly the business of ministers very much to consult the inclinations of the people, but they ought to take great care that they… — Edmund Burke
Once, when a British Prime Minister sneezed, men half a world away would blow their noses. Now when a British Prime Minister sneezes nobody else… — Bernard Levin
Of course I'd have loved to be Prime Minister. But I'm not nursing a grievance. — Kenneth Clarke
When I was three, I wanted to be four. When I was four, I wanted to be prime minister. — Jeffrey Archer
Well, Australians should speak for the national interests of Australia, and whatever role former Australian prime ministers may have, one of the things you do… — Paul Keating
You see, before I became prime minister, the Australian prime minister only attended ever two meetings in the world: the British Commonwealth Heads of Government… — Paul Keating
In Yugoslavia, I'd asked for additional forces too. I even went to meet the French prime minister, and I proposed additional forces... Nobody wanted to… — Boutros Boutros-Ghali
If you asked me if I'd rather be Speaker or a very senior minister, I'd say Speaker. — John Bercow
The prime minister's job is to captain his team, his party and his government. — John Bercow
As a doctor, when I was minister of health and would go somewhere, little girls would come up to me and say, 'I want to… — Michelle Bachelet
I'd be prouder still to say I was Canada's 10th woman prime minister. — Kim Campbell
Going to a grammar school, you mixed with all sorts of different types and I used to listen to how they talked. When I did… — Steve Coogan
When Gordon Brown becomes prime minister, the balance sheet that reflects his economic stewardship could look very sickly indeed. He could become Labour's biggest liability,… — Vince Cable
I think prime ministers, I actually think Cabinet ministers should be subject to intense scrutiny, I think that's in the public interest, even if some… — Alexander Downer
Yeah, well I'm not aspiring to be the Prime Minister. — Alexander Downer

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