“If there were an election today, Netanyahu would win. Yet, his standing in the polls is also a reflection of the weakness of Ehud Olmert, the current prime minister - who stands at 2 percent in a recent poll - and the enduring weaknesses of the Labor Party.” IfsTodayWinningPartyReflectionPercentWeaknessStandingLaborElectionEndureCurrentsMinistersPrimePrime MinisterPolls Author:Dennis A. Ross
“I am the first prime minister of this country of neither English nor French origin. So I determined to bring about a Canadian citizenship that knew no hyphenated consideration....I'm very happy to be able to say that in the House of Commons today in my party we have members of Italian, Dutch, German, Scandinavian, Chinese and Ukrainian origin and they are all Canadians.” FirstsCountryTodayAbleHousePartyMembersDeterminedChineseMinistersConsiderationPrimeItalianCitizenshipVery HappyPrime MinisterDutchUkrainianHouse Of CommonsScandinavians Author:John Diefenbaker
“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
“It is now in Gordon Brown's - and the Labour party's - best interests for those seeking the prime minister's immediate departure to back off.” InterestPartySeekingMinistersBrownLabourPrimePrime MinisterDepartureLabour Party Author:David Blunkett
“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
“I kept careful record of the impact of religion on the election in my county. The religious issue permeated every meeting I conducted. It influenced Republicans and Democrats alike. Ministers preached politics publicly and churches distributed the most vicious electioneering materials. Practically no one I met escaped the pressure of this overriding problem and both parties were ultimately forced to make their major calculations with the religious question a foremost consideration.” ProblemChurchReligiousPartyIssuesRecordsAtheismMaterialsRepublicanMetsMajorsPressureElectionImpactMeetingsDemocratCarefulMinistersConsiderationViciousCalculationsCounty Author:James A. Michener
“In my view it is better for the Labour Party, the leadership and the new prime minister that he be given the maximum flexibility.” GivenViewsPartyMinistersLabourPrimePrime MinisterFlexibilityMaximumLabour Party Author:John Richard Reid
“BJP is a political party with a difference that aims at good governance. This is proved by the fact that three of the five Chief Ministers according to a recent NDTV survey/poll are from BJP-ruled states.” StatesFactsPoliticalThreeDifferencesPartyFiveIndiaAimChiefsMinistersPolitical PartiesPollsGovernanceSurveysGood GovernanceBjp Author:Narendra Modi
“A foreign minister, I will maintain it, can never be a good man of business if he is not an agreeable man of pleasure too. Half his business is done by the help of his pleasures: his views are carried on, and perhaps best, and most unsuspectedly, at balls, suppers, assemblies, and parties of pleasure; by intrigues with women, and connections insensibly formed with men, at those unguarded hours of amusement.” IfsMenDoneHelpingGovernmentHoursPleasureViewsPartyHalfConnectionsBallsMinistersGood ManIntrigueAmusementAssemblySupper Author:Lord Chesterfield
“The Liberal Party has dealt with the spill motion and now this matter is behind us, we think that when you elect a government, when you elect a prime minister, you deserve to keep that government and that prime minister until you have a chance to change your mind.” ThinkingMindMatterGovernmentChangeChancePartyBehindsDeserveMinistersPrimePrime MinisterSpillsChanging Your MindLiberal Party Author:Tony Abbott
“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
“There are cycles in American politics. US cycles are even more pronounced because we Americans have a totally entrepreneurial presidential system. We don't have parliamentary opposition parties with a shadow prime minister and shadow cabinets. Every four years, the opposition reinvents itself.” YearsPartyFourShadowMinistersPresidentialOppositionCyclesPrimeFour YearsPrime MinisterAmerican PoliticsEntrepreneurialCabinetsParliamentaryOpposition Parties Author:Charles Krauthammer
“Every prime minister has a whole series of networks, and there are official formal networks and there are unofficial informal networks. I'm lucky in that I have good official formal networks, starting with my own office, the leadership group, the cabinet and the party room.” WholeMy OwnRoomsPartyGroupsLuckyOfficeSeriesStartingMinistersOfficialsPrimeFormalPrime MinisterCabinets Author:Tony Abbott
“Joschka Fischer was a Green Party politician and Germany's foreign minister. We hired Mr. Fischer, as well as former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, as advisors because we, as an automaker, want to know, for example, how new emissions laws will develop in the United States, Europe and Asia. Fischer and Ms. Albright have diverse contacts worldwide. They can call our attention to trends early on, information from which we can benefit.” KnowsWantWellsStatesLawUnitedPartyAttentionUnited StatesInformationExamplePoliticianBenefitsEuropeGreenContactFormerMinistersGermanyTrendsDiverseSecretaryAsiaEmissionsAdvisorsFischerMadeleinesGreen Party Author:Norbert Reithofer
“He (Gorton) is not fit to hold the great office of Prime Minister.” PartyFitOfficeMinistersPrimePrime MinisterGreat Office Author:Malcolm Fraser
“President Obama hosted a state dinner for British Prime Minister David Cameron. The president and the British are getting along a lot better lately. They love to compare notes on ways the Tea Party's always trying to overthrow their rule in America.” WayTryingStatesAmericaPresidentPartyNotesDinnerBritishTeaCompareMinistersPrimePresident ObamaPrime MinisterAlways TryingTea PartyCameronGetting Along Author:Argus Hamilton
“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