“I am absolutely delighted to give my full support to Gordon as the next leader of the Labour Party and as prime minister and to endorse him fully.” GivingNextPartyLeaderSupportMinistersLabourPrimePrime MinisterDelightedLabour Party Author:Tony Blair
“What every prime minister struggles with and every leader struggles with is how to balance the two objectives; firstly that of ensuring that all asylum seekers are treated generously and humanely in accordance with the convention and secondly doing everything you can to eliminate or at least discourage people smuggling. And it's a very, very difficult balance.” PeopleTwoDifficultLeaderStruggleBalanceObjectivesTreatedMinistersPrimeConventionsPrime MinisterSeekersDiscouragingAsylumsSmugglingAsylum Seekers Author:Malcolm Turnbull
“Do what Jesus says... what he commands through his ministers who are in the Church [see 1 Cor 6:4]. Be subject to his vicars, your leaders, not only those who are gentle and kind, but even those who are overbearing [see 1 Pt 2:18].” KindJesusChurchLeaderSubjectsCommandGentleMinistersOverbearingVicars Author:Bernard of Clairvaux
“Our objective is to begin a national conversation to better support individuals and families living with ASD in Canada. The Summit will review the recent National Needs Assessment Survey and provide leaders with a better understanding of ASD surveillance across the country. We are pleased that Minister Bergen will be part of this important discussion.” NeedsImportantCountryIndividualUnderstandingLeaderSupportConversationObjectivesMinistersDiscussionCanadaReviewsSummitSurveillanceSurveysAssessment Author:Cynthia Carroll
“I can stand here today, leader of the Labour Party, Prime Minister, and say to the British people: you have never had it so ... prudent.” PeopleI CanTodayPartyLeaderBritishMinistersLabourPrimePrime MinisterPrudentLabour Party Author:Tony Blair
“It is one thing being able to contest an election and to give the people hope that I can be the next prime minister. It is a totally different situation where the people of Pakistan are told that the results are already taken and the leader of your choice is banned.” PeopleGivingI CanDifferentAbleChoicesNextResultsSituationLeaderTakenOne ThingElectionMinistersPrimeContestsPrime MinisterPakistanBannedAlready Taken Author:Benazir Bhutto
“Gandhi wanted to meet with Churchill, his most bitter foe, when he visited London in 1931- but it didn't happen. Churchill wanted to go to India personally as prime minister in 1942 to negotiate a final settlement on India with Gandhi and the other nationalist leaders - but the fall of Singapore prevented it from happening.” HappensWantedFallLeaderHappeningsIndiaFinalsLondonBitterMinistersPrimePrime MinisterFoeSettlementSingapore Author:Arthur L. Herman
“Our world can be moved Godward only by leaders who have shared to a deep degree the heartbreak as He looks in compassion and love on the world. Until you sense the suffering tears in the heart of God, until you share to some extent our Saviors suffering passion in Gethsemane, until you come close enough to God to enable the Spirit to yearn within you with His infinite and unutterable yearnings, you are not prepared to minister about the cross.” WorldLooksHeartEnoughSpiritSufferingPassionCompassionLeaderShareTearsDegreesCrossesAnd LoveInfiniteMovedPreparedMinistersOur WorldSaviorYearningWithin YouGethsemane Book:Ablaze for God Source: Ablaze for God
“The next Prime Minister walking through that door will be me or Labour Party leader Ed Miliband, you can choose an economy that grows, that creates jobs, that generates the money to ensure a properly funded and improving National Health Service ... and a government that will cut taxes for 30 million hard-working people ... or you can choose the economic chaos of Ed Miliband's Britain.” PeopleHardGovernmentJobsNextGrowsPartyLeaderMillionsEconomyCuttingDoorsEconomicHealthHard WorkWalkingTaxesChaosMinistersBritainLabourPrimeImprovingPrime MinisterLabour PartyHealth ServicesNhs Author:David Cameron
“The Carlyle Group is the most politically connected investment firm in the world. The company has mastered the art of influence peddling on a global scale, hiring executives and consultants ranging from Republican power broker James Baker and former president George Herbert Walker Bush to foreign leaders like former British prime minister John Major and former Philippine president Fidel Ramos.” WorldArtPresidentCompanyLeaderGroupsInfluenceRepublicanMajorsInvestmentConnectedBritishScalesFormerFirmMinistersExecutivesPrimePrime MinisterHiringPhilippinesWalkersBakersConsultantsBrokersPeddling Author:William Hartung
“I noticed - and this is one of the people don't understand of Tony [Abbot] - he grew. To me he grew as opposition leader. He come in - he wasn't really good at the beginning when he was opposition leader. He won the confidence of the Australian people and got the job as Prime Minister. He grew in Indigenous affairs. To me, we just totally disagreed in it, but now we're very much one on one on it.” PeopleJobsLeaderGrewAffairMinistersOppositionPrimePrime MinisterIndigenousAustralianOne On One Author:Warren Mundine
“My task, as a member of this parliament and a 30-year member of the Australian Labor Party, as its former leader, as its former foreign minister and its former prime minister, is to now throw my every effort in securing Julia Gillard's re-election as Labor prime minister at the next election.” YearsNextPartyEffortLeaderMembersLaborTasksElectionFormerMinistersPrimePrime MinisterParliamentAustralianJulia Author:Kevin Rudd