Famous Quotes & Sayings

Vali Nasr

The key issue will be what kind of power the Sunnis get from these numbers when it comes to negotiations about the government. What kind of cabinet posts will they get? How will resources be distributed? What kind of representation will they have in patronage and government?

Any prime minister has a limited number of major policy initiatives he can pursue at any given time, three to five would be the maximum. So the government really has to have a clear sense of its priorities and the cabinet ministers need to have a clear idea of what they'll push within their departments.

The Cabinet will not vote on it until there's a contract. Time is obviously of the essence.

The cabinet will, however, discuss the price issue Monday where senior ministers will evaluate the latest hike of fuel prices in the global market and its impact on national economy.

Sebastian Coe

The Cabinet was a very important staging post for us

The cabinet has been shaken about a bit, but it's the same old jar of jellybeans.

Presently in Ottawa, that technical committee is a committee of cabinet ministers which means, obviously, operating without any public scrutiny,

Robert Rubin

After sitting with the vice president in the White House, the Oval Office and the Cabinet room over six-and-a-half years, that he was consistently sound, sensible, practical and willing to fight for politically difficult issues,

Abbas expressed his sorrow that the cabinet ignored the principles Abbas stressed in his letter of commission.

A committee of five secretaries, headed by the cabinet secretary, will now look into the process and submit their recommendation to the empowered group of ministers within two weeks.

This cabinet is about the next election as much as it's about the current minority Parliament.

Shinzo Abe

This is a Cabinet to actually implement the reforms.

for his courtesy and convenience, and that is because he is a former Cabinet official.

Barbara Boxer

You don't unite this country when you pick someone for your Cabinet who is so far out of the mainstream that it really divides the country,

I have directed all of my cabinet to work to prepare a transition plan for the incoming administration.

Shinzo Abe

During the Koizumi administration, I served as the Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary as well as the Chief Cabinet Secretary.

John Sununu

Critics might contend that putting former private-sector CEOs in the president's Cabinet places the fox in the henhouse. But it's unlikely such executives would expose themselves to the headaches if they weren't genuinely motivated by the call to service.

Miguel Syjuco

I grew up with a very privileged background. My father served as one of the cabinet ministers in Arroyo's government, and he's been a congressman for many years, and he's running again.

We also clean up the cabinets and if necessary repaint them, before holding them in stores awaiting call-off by Orange. Refurbishment saves several thousands of pounds per cabinet compared to purchasing new product.

Abhisit Vejjajiva

The opposition parties don't want the public to misunderstand that we are campaigning for cabinet portfolios.

Janet Reno

I should have no comment on any personnel decision until I have had a chance to meet with the cabinet members in question and work through all the decisions.

I've never had problems of consumption. I have never been in a situation where I was under the influence of anything when I carried out my responsibilities as a member of the legislature or as a cabinet minister.

The secretary is making no statements of any kind about Thoroughbred. Because she will be sitting, in effect, as a judge in this case, she is not discussing it with others. Nor is she reading the expressions of opinion that several people have sent to the cabinet since release of the hearing officer's recommendation. But it is her intention to make an objective ruling.

Mike Gordon

I built all the speaker cabinets myself.

Walter Bagehot

A cabinet is a combining committee, a hyphen which joins, a buckle which fastens, the legislative part of the state to the executive part of the state. In its origin it belongs to the one, in its functions it belongs to the other.

Gale Norton is one of the scariest Cabinet nominees since James Watt. We expect a fierce struggle over the fate of the Endangered Species Act.

George Bernard Shaw

The Englishmen is at his best on the links and at his worst in the Cabinet.

Everybody knows those were two tough losses. We couldn't say anything. We didn't do what we needed to do on the floor. They're fine. They all gave me thumbs' up. With me as the chief over my little cabinet members, when the chips are down, I always like to fight through it.

It surprises and alarms me because Evans is one of the more capable cabinet ministers and has sent out all kinds of messages that she supports the public health-care system.

It is rare that a new Cabinet shows no clear policy goals, or even what it wants to achieve.

It is the first time in my experience that major changes that were rejected during preliminary considerations have been made to such a high-profile document without prior discussion by the Cabinet and coordination with the main ministers.

It's not fair to the people, ... The prime minister and cabinet are the ones that make all the decisions of government and if we don't have a voice there that means our part of the country is not represented.

Berlin. What a garrison of spies! what a cabinet full of useless, liquid secrets, what a playground for every alchemist, miracle worker and rat piper that ever took up the cloak.