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“I come from a political family. My father was a freedom fighter. He was a prominent leader of the locality and member of the Congress party. He spent 10 years in British prisons. In the evening, in our living room, the only subject we used to discuss was politics. So politics was not unfamiliar to me.”

Years Political Used Father Rooms Party Leader Subjects Members Prison Congress British Fighter Evening Living Room Unfamiliar Prominent Freedom Fighter Locality Congress Party

Author:Pranab Mukherjee

“Most of what I know about environmental conservation I learned from my father, who has been a leader within the movement for over 30 years.”

Knows Years Has Beens Father Leader Movement Environmental Conservation

Author:Edward Norton

“Whether meeting with leaders and parents concerned about drugs in Bonn, Lisbon, or with the Holy Father at the Vatican, or doing a pretty fair flamenco in Madrid, I think Nancy's one of the best ambassadors America's ever had.”

Thinking America Father Parent Leader Holy Drug Concerned Fairs Meetings Ambassadors Nancy Madrid Flamenco

Author:Ronald Reagan

“My father was a politician, and a very important politician, and one of the leaders of the Iraqi Democratic Party, who believed in progress.”

Important Father Party Leader Progress Politician Democratic Democratic Party

Author:Zaha Hadid

“There is no greater name for a leader than mother or father. There is no leadership more important than parenthood.”

Important Mother Father Names Leader Greater Parenthood

Author:Sheri L. Dew

“Scouting contributes to a boy's preparation to hold the priesthood of God. Scout leaders have a sacred responsibility. They help boys learn Scouting principles that also help them live the gospel. We thank each leader as they foster faith in Christ and prepare boys to make temple covenants and become a missionary, husband, and father.”

Helping Father Christ Responsibility Leader Boys Principles Husband Sacred Preparation Temples Missionary Covenant Priesthood Scouting Husband And Father

Author:Rosemary M. Wixom

“The father receives his power from God (and from his own father). The teacher finds the soil already prepared for obedience, and the political leader has only to harvest what has been sown.”

Has Beens Political Father Leader Teacher Prepared Obedience Soil Harvest Political Leaders

Book:For Your Own Good: Hidden Cruelty in Child-Rearing and the Roots of Violence

Source: For Your Own Good: Hidden Cruelty in Child-Rearing and the Roots of Violence

“When the [US] president writes to Kim Jong Il, the son, the Dear Leader, he doesn't call him Dear Mr President, he calls him Dear Mr Secretary. Have you ever noticed that? Why is that? Because he's not the president of North Korea, he's the head of the Communist Party, the North Korean Workers' Party and he's the head of the Army. He's not head of the state. The head of the state is his father, who's been dead for 15 years.”

Writing Years States Father President Party Leader Son Army Workers Dear Communist Secretary Korea North Korea Korean Kim Communist Party Us President North Korean

Author:Christopher Hitchens

“In an ideal society, mothers and fathers would produce potty- trained, civilized, responsible new citizens while government and corporate leaders would provide a safe, healthy, economically just community.”

Government Mother Father Community Leader Produce Citizens Healthy Safe Ideals Responsible Corporate Civilized Mother And Father Potty Ideal Society

Book:American Mom: Motherhood, Politics, and Humble Pie

Source: American Mom: Motherhood, Politics, and Humble Pie