Ministers Quotes - Page 2

• The responsibility of a minister is to step aside when there is a criminal investigation of the department. That protects the propriety of Parliament and of responsible government.

  Jack Layton

  Responsibility, Government, Criminals

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• It is evident that not all people that have the confidence of the prime minister are the same ones that have the confidence of the head of state.

  Jose Eduardo Dos Santos

  Confidence, People, Prime

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• Every cabinet minister gets a mission statement from the Prime Minister.

  Brian Mulroney

  Cabinets, Prime, Missions

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• I think the Prime Minister has embarked on a journey and he has no idea where he's taking us.

  John Hewson

  Journey, Thinking, Ideas

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I have never been bribed as a Prime Minister.

  Kamisese Mara

  Prime, Prime Minister

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• When I was three, I wanted to be four. When I was four, I wanted to be prime minister.

  Jeffrey Archer

  Three, Four, Prime

  "Brought to book". www.theguardian.com. July 19, 2001.

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• In 1995 the whole political situation was very complicated. I was the first deputy prime minister, and at the same time I had very low influence in the government.

  Anatoly Chubais

  Government, Political, Firsts

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• I am surprised that I cannot recall whether my desire to become a minister transformed itself into a wish to lead the more militant life of missionary, by a slow process or suddenly.

  Pierre Loti

  Wish, Desire, Missionary

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• To serve as prime minister while being too mindful of the approval rating is like serving as a prime minister on a roller coaster. What is important, I believe, is that I really act on promises that I make and leave results. Leave a track record and show that to the Japanese public, who will, at the end of the day, I hope, appreciate it.

  Shinzo Abe

  Believe, Approval Rating, Track

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• It is not the way to convert a sinner to knock him down first and then reason with him.

  Samuel I. Prime

  Way, Firsts, Reason

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 411, 1895.

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• We all know that Prime Ministers are wedded to the truth, but like other wedded couples they sometimes live apart.

  Hector Hugh Munro

  Couple, Politics, Sometimes

  'The Unbearable Bassington' (1912)

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• Love and meekness, lord,
  Become a churchman better than ambition:
  Win straying souls with modesty again,
  Cast none away.

  William Shakespeare

  Ambition, Winning, Soul

  William Shakespeare (2013). “Making Sense of Henry VIII! a Students Guide to Shakespeare's Play (Includes Study Guide, Biography, and Modern Retelling)”, p.237, BookCaps Study Guides

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• Angels and ministers of grace defend us.

  William Shakespeare

  Angel, Grace, Denmark In Hamlet

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 1, sc. 4, l. 39

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• Your great employment is to bring the individual souls of men to Christ.

  Edward Norris Kirk

  Men, Soul, Christ

  Edward Norris Kirk (1840). “Sermons on Different Subjects: Delivered in England and America”, p.87

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• But the unfaithful priest, what tongue
  Enough, shall execrate?

  Robert Pollok

  Tongue, Unfaithful, Enough

  Robert Pollok (1857). “The Course of Time: A Poem”, p.55

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• This is the ministry and its work--not to drill hearts and minds and consciences into right forms of thought and mental postures, but to guide to the living God who speaks.

  Frederick William Robertson

  Heart, Mind, Ministry

  Frederick William Robertson (1873). “Sermons Preached at Brighton”, p.634

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• The priesthood hath in all nations, and all religions, been held highly venerable.

  Francis Atterbury

  Priesthood, Nations

  Francis Atterbury (1709). “A Sermon Preach'd Before the Sons of the Clergy, At Their Anniversary-Meeting In The Cathedral-Church of St. Paul, Dec. 6. 1709”, p.8

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• The day that witnesses the conversion of our ministers into political and philosophical speculators or scientific lecturers, will witness the final decay of clerical weight and influence.

  Peter Bayne

  Philosophical, Political, Finals

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• Two famous happy warriors - Reagan and his political soulmate, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher - knew they were fighting their own ideological and external wars. But they did so with the sunny dispositions and positive outlooks of those who knew they were on the right side of history.

  Monica Crowley

  Soulmate, War, Fighting

  "Monica's Manifesto". Interview with Kathryn Jean Lopez, www.nationalreview.com. July 13, 2012.

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• You see, I was the son of a baptist minister.

  DeForest Kelley

  Son, Baptists

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• I'm not a minister, I'm not a philosopher, I'm not a politician, I'm in another category.

  Sun Ra

  Philosopher, Politician, Categories

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• Let me remind you that this is God's universe, and He is doing things His way. You may think you have a better way, but you don't have a universe to rule.

  J. Vernon McGee

  Funny, God, Christian

  "Thru the Bible with Dr. J. Vernon McGee".

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• The completion of the Iraqi cabinet with the appointment of three critical ministers is also confirmation of continued movement toward a just and democratic society in Iraq.

  Spencer Bachus

  Iraq, Three, Movement

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• I don't mind how much my Ministers talk, so long as they do what I say.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Long, Interesting, Political

  In Observer 27 Jan. 1980

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• No, I've never truly been a minister.

  Little Richard

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