Circumstances Quote by Thomas de Maiziere

Running a government as chief minister and managing affairs of the nation are different things.

— Sharad Pawar

I think processes should not differ just because you are a minister. This is a job - a responsibility - not a right to…

— Smriti Irani

Change of ministers amounts to nothing. One goes out, another comes in, and still the same measures, vices, and extravagances are pursued. It signifies…

— Thomas Paine

MINISTER, n. An agent of a higher power with a lower responsibility. In diplomacy, an officer sent into a foreign country as the visible…

— Ambrose Bierce

I know that a prime minister of Canada needs to be deeply respectful of the other levels of government - whether it be municipal,…

— Justin Trudeau

The ideal Government minister may well be someone who has no itch to run other people's lives.

— Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon

Being the chief minister of a regional government is just a pastime compared with the hellish job of being prime minister of two different…

— Elio Di Rupo

It's unreasonable to me that there's a government in which the culture minister attacks the institutions she's responsible for. The justice minister attacks the…

— Benny Gantz

A prime minister has to keep a certain balance when dealing with sensitive issues.

— Ehud Olmert

The prime minister is subject to the rule of law.

— Yoav Gallant

As a minister, you shouldn't imagine you know better than the technical experts in your ministry. In the end you're there to apply the…

— Jeroen Dijsselbloem

A minister is supposed to be there to remind his permanent officials that they work for the rest of us. If, instead, he becomes…

— Daniel Hannan