#minister

There is no government in Europe where ministers go through that kind of confirmation process, which in fact is modeled on the way the U.S. cabinet members are confirmed. ↗

— Mario Monti

#confirmation #confirmed #europe #fact #go

If your only objective is to be popular, you're going to be popular but you will be known as the Prime Minister who achieved nothing. ↗

— Brian Mulroney

#going #known #minister #nothing #objective

When I appointed the Minister of the Environment to major cabinet status, the Planning and Priorities committee, the signals that that sent through Ottawa were major, because that's what the bureaucracy understands. ↗

— Brian Mulroney

#because #bureaucracy #cabinet #committee #environment

For example, the Prime Minister earlier this year talked about the importance of the Arctic to our future. He's right. A hundred years from now, the strength of Canada is going to be coming from our resources in the Arctic. ↗

— Brian Mulroney

#arctic #canada #coming #earlier #example

It's my responsibility, and entirely my fault, Of course I regret it. It's the kind of locker-room conversation we all use, but as prime minister I shouldn't have used it. ↗

— Brian Mulroney

#course #entirely #fault #i #kind

You cannot name a Canadian prime minister who has done as many significant things as I did, because there are none. ↗

— Brian Mulroney

#canadian #cannot #did #done #i

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

— Ehud Olmert

#certain #dealing #issues #keep #minister

A prime minister must not promise things that can't be fulfilled. ↗

— Ehud Olmert

#minister #must #prime #prime minister #promise

Every prime minister ... has the responsibility to provide security for his people. ↗

— Ehud Olmert

#his #minister #people #prime #prime minister

I was not born to be prime minister, and I'm not going to stay here until the end of my life. I'm too young for that. ↗

— Ehud Olmert

#born to be #end #going #here #i