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We will have to act like a serious efficient government with a small number of ministers.

Giuliano Amato

The president's decree to withdraw from the Council of CIS Defense Ministers does not mean that Georgia is withdrawing from the Commonwealth of Independent States.

Georgy Arveladze

We will ask the new minister to send out invitations to all ministers of communications, when a permanent minister takes office.

Moshe Lilos

I am heartened by the prime minister's (Hon PJ Patterson's) comments about 'rupture in the circle' because I decided to become Slovene, but my heart has always been Jamaican.

Her Excellency Merlene Ottey

The one thing that's going to be taken into consideration throughout is, how many cabinet ministers can you have from Alberta?

Faron Ellis

We hope to have a mandate from ministers today.

Stefaan De Rynck

It is doubtful whether or not the Ministers appointed have the capacity, experience, knowledge and, most importantly, sufficient time to do justice to the enormous responsibility thrust upon them in governing the affairs of the entities.

Rainer Ritter

We all know that Prime Ministers are wedded to the truth, but like other married couples they sometimes live apart.

Saki

European ministers again agree that it's not a question of lowering prices by adjusting excise duties but probably of helping poorer families with compensation measures.

Domenico Siniscalco

We believe that the oil ministers are inclined to defend a $55 per barrel floor in the near term.

Adam Sieminski

Dozens of Conservative ex-staff members have influence with cabinet ministers and even the prime minister.

Stephen Owen

We had flown Shark21 mostly up to that point so both the aircraft would be available for the Prime Minister's flight (on February 2).

George Mcguire

It's her first big challenge because she usually works by consensus and now she has to show that she has a view and will defend that view, she's hearing contradictory advice from (her ministers).

Patricio Navia

We had earlier given tentative dates in February and March for the Prime Minister's visit to the two countries.

Morshed Khan

So much for the Prime Minister's assurance there would be no Government arrogance after it took majority control on Tuesday.

Bob Brown

We condemn the act of violence and we are really concerned with what happened yesterday and we hope that it won't disturb the agenda for next week's meeting of foreign ministers.

Dewi Fortuna Anwar

Life will not be the same for the ministers after the demonstration. It will not go back to normal.

Kalonzo Musyoka

Ministers have a wide margin to carry out the tasks given to them by the executive and consult with whoever they need to.

Ruben Aguilar

This nation will be shaken like it has not been shaken before. There are leaders, many leaders of the church, many ministers, who will die prematurely.

Pastor Ferdinand Nicholls

The prime minister's life is still in danger. Every day, although we are getting further out of danger, we are still in danger.

Dr. Jose Cohen

If national members of parliament are to hold ministers to account they need to know what those ministers decide in Brussels in the name of their country.

Chris Davies

[But the Liberals are sticking to their guns.] We're here to make this Parliament work for Canadians, ... and keep the prime minister's commitment to Canadians.

Tony Valeri

We don't want to drag foreign ministers to Brussels, but if we he have to, we will.

Jonathan Allen

There is no indictment of the Union Council of Ministers by the Supreme Court in the verdict.

Abhishek Singhvi

We hope the opposition will accept the Prime Minister's offer and nominate their members for the committee.

Morshed Khan

The accused said, 'This matter does not need to be investigated. He said that any investigations would be against the prime minister's conclusion that this whole thing is a betrayal.

Musa Hassan

People tend to believe the Bank of Japan governor rather than ministers.

Garry Evans

The court says ministers must differentiate — same-sex holy unions and marriage for everyone else. Janie's conduct is challenging that.

Timothy Cahn

Conferences at the top level are always courteous. Name-calling is left to the foreign ministers.

W. Averell Harriman

This is basically a public relations exercise because you cannot investigate ministers who are still in office.

Raila Odinga

Ministers from both the Congress and the JD-S attended this meeting.

Ambika Soni

This is a lengthy process. It won't be in the coming hours. It will be at least 48 hours after the prime minister's emergence from surgery.

Shlomo Mor Yosef

I have full confidence, especially [since the] two ministers [were] present, and having all the questions answered that might have been a concern to the government and the people of the Bahamas, that we will sign on to it.

Leslie Miller

Deanna has been a true joy to work alongside and on behalf of all youth ministers in the diocese, we will miss her dearly.

Kevin Bohli

We all asked her what he (did), and she told us he was a minister. We told her she wouldn't be doing much singing because a minister's wife is so busy.

Florence Dunn

The church has a right and a responsibility ... to impose mandatory standards on its ministers.

Stephen Taber

I have changed my ministers, but I have not changed my measures; I am still for moderation and will govern by it.

Princess Anne

In the end we are all sacked and it's always awful. It is as inevitable as death following life. If you are elevated there comes a day when you are demoted. Even Prime Ministers.

Alan Clark

If the King disregarded it, constitutional monarchy would cease to exist. The King is bound to accept and act upon the advice of his ministers ... for the King to broadcast in disregard of that advice would be appealing over the heads of his constitutional advisers.

King Charles I

I think we should all do it, not only the ministers, but anyone that cares to share should share.

William Moore

There is a good relationship between our agriculture ministers and there are many possibilities for co-operation in this field.

Christian Wulff

Canadians, cabinet ministers, Parliamentarians - they want their CBC to be operating.

Joe Fontana

This was the Prime Minister's prerogative. It's rubbish to say there's been a tussle.

Arjun Singh

Better to make prime ministers out of prisoners than prisoners out of prime ministers.

Lord Caradon

There has been no change in the Prime Minister's condition and he continues to be critical but stable.

Ron Krumer

If there were no ministers and no priests, how long would there be any churches? Lemuel K.

Lemuel K. Washburn

The Lansdowne was selected to ferry the Japanese ministers and generals from the Customs House Dock in Yokohama to the Missouri.

George Balle

It is not a requirement that ministers must hold party positions.

Tunku Abdul Rahman

The kids are just precious, and (Mary Winkler) was precious. He was the one of the best ministers we've ever had -- just super charisma.

Pam Killingsworth

But KBC has no obligation to promote individual political opinions of ministers.

Wachira Waruru

We are proud that the Arab foreign ministers meeting in Khartoum decided to adopt the Jordanian initiative.

Nasser Jawdeh

Any bad trade balance figures could raise speculation that the trade imbalance will be discussed at the forthcoming meeting of G-8 finance ministers.

Takashi Kudo

This is very true: for my words are my own, and my actions are my ministers'.

Charles Ii

This development is only the latest step in a long series of restrictive measures to be recommended by the interior ministers' council.

Hossam Bahgat

We will now be reporting to our ministers who will discuss this matter.

John Sawers

One of the ministers from Kuwait said that just the specter of negative news out of the Middle East adds about $9 to a barrel of crude oil.

Gregg Laskoski

The ministers of public order and justice must resign. Nobody believes the government has made public everything it knows about the case.

Nikos Athanassakis

The political significance is that President Arafat himself wants the ministers to be more efficient and make better efforts in doing their jobs.

Marwan Kanafani

That minister of ministers, Imagination, gathers up - The undiscovered universe, Like jewels in a jasper cup.

John Davidson

The Prime Minister has got the Chief Minister's letter by now. We expect a response from him.

Prakash Karat

When ministers leave government we discover that there are all sorts of things they said in government that they did not actually believe.

John Humphrys

The ministers of Richland County Ministerial Association encourage the entire community to get involved in the effort.

Larry Weber

It is not true. The President wants to get the latest information directly from his ministers. That is why he came up with the video conference idea.

Jusuf Kalla

Bishop and priests are ministers and we have to answer to God (for our decisions). That's the problem.

Francis Arinze

No senior official -- neither the interior minister, nor the defense or justice ministers, nor the prime minister or any of my closest aides -- had any inkling or information about this criminal act before it was committed.

Lionel Jospin

There are lots and lots of ministries, some lead by ordained ministers, some by lay people like me.

Sharon Crowhurst

They signed the first ministers accord. It's their deal. It's their promise to Canadians. They're letting Canadians down.

Ruth Collins

The ministers have today identified 26 measures and will recommend to the European Council [on 23-24 March] nine key actions for an energy plan.

Martin Bartenstein

This is very bad timing for the euro, and the report won't go down well with finance ministers or the European Commission, which is firmly against relaxation.

Julian Callow

The Government has failed to fund KBC operations as a public service broadcaster to the extent that KBC is the only public broadcaster in the world that is not government-funded, yet all I get from ministers is complaints about coverage.

Wachira Waruru

Soldiers and officers were involved in a clash among themselves when the defence minister's car was by accident passing.

Zahir Azimi