Ministers Quote by John Bercow Download Open image “If you asked me if I'd rather be Speaker or a very senior minister, I'd say Speaker.” — John Bercow ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Ministers Senior Speakers
I didn't need to be speaker because I needed a fancy title or a big office. I wanted to be speaker so I could… — John Boehner Copy Share Image
I'm a minister, and I serve as a minister in addition to being a university professor. — Tony Campolo Copy Share Image
The office of Speaker is almost as ancient as Parliament itself. It emerged in the Middle Ages when the Commons - the ordinary people… — John Allen Fraser Copy Share Image
I never aspired to be Speaker simply so I could say, 'I am the Speaker of the House of Commons,' and tell my children… — John Bercow Copy Share Image
What do you prefer? A prime minister obsessed with being popular, or a prime minister who does the job? — Ehud Olmert Copy Share Image
I don't mind how much my Ministers talk, so long as they do what I say. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
“You must be able to communicate properly with the people you want to minister to” — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
Ladies and gentleman, If I could just say a few words…I'd be a better public speaker! — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm not a minister, I'm not a philosopher, I'm not a politician, I'm in another category. — Sun Ra Copy Share Image
Speak but little and well, if you would be esteemed as a man of merit. — Richard Chenevix Trench Copy Share Image
A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords. There are two distinct… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
I'm supremely uninterested as to what is written in many of the newspapers. — John Bercow Copy Share Image
I never aspired to be Speaker simply so I could say, 'I am the Speaker of the House of Commons,' and tell my children… — John Bercow Copy Share Image
I said that if I hadn't been a politician, I'd have liked to be a barrister, or an academic. My beloved wife said: 'You'd… — John Bercow Copy Share Image
I'm not psychic. I cannot know what is in the mind of particular public figures. — John Bercow Copy Share Image
For far too long the House of Commons has been run as little more than a private club by and for gentleman amateurs. — John Bercow Copy Share Image
I am seeking every day to restore faith in Parliament - to ensure we have a House of Commons which is representative, effective and… — John Bercow Copy Share Image
I don't think that people are disinterested or uninterested in politics. I think very often they are disengaged from the formal political process. To… — John Bercow Copy Share Image
It is quite wrong for party conferences to be used as an excuse for the Commons not to sit. Conferences could be held at… — John Bercow Copy Share Image
Lying to a committee is a very grave abuse, and there ought to be a clear punishment. — John Bercow Copy Share Image
I think it's unhelpful to suggest that the task of evangelism is essentially the responsibility of ministers. — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
It's easy to say, let's go in and get the bad guys. But you have a divided country of Sunnis and Shias. The United… — Tulsi Gabbard Copy Share Image
I nominate the Reverend Ian Paisley for the position of First Minister of northern Ireland — Gerry Adams Copy Share Image
What we need as Christians is to be able to feed ourselves. How many there are who sit helpless and listless, with open mouths,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My grandmother was a minister as well, which was not that common in the 1930s. — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
[When asked how it felt to be a female prime minister:] I don't know: I've never experienced the alternative. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
My father was a minister for 50 years with Pentecostal Church of God in Christ. We prayed about everything, every day, then he always… — Denzel Washington Copy Share Image
People who are not prepared to do unpopular things and defy the clamor of the multitude are not fit to be ministers in time… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
I sometimes think that when the prime minister tries to select a weapon it is the boomerang he finds most effective. — John Smith Copy Share Image
Light physical is said by Solomon to be sweet, but gospel light is infinitely more precious, for it reveals eternal things, and ministers to… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
In 1953, the United States played a significant role in orchestrating the overthrow of Iran's popular prime minister, Mohammed Mossadegh. The Eisenhower administration believed… — Madeleine Albright Copy Share Image