#bin

For a time during the 1980s the Royal Family were not just the most influential family in Britain but probably in Europe and Prince Charles specifically was very much like a defacto Cabinet member and what he said actually had impact on public policy. ↗

— Andrew Morton

#britain #cabinet #charles #during #europe

We too often bind ourselves by authorities rather than by the truth. ↗

— Lucretia Mott

#bind #often #ourselves #rather #than

According to Richard Clarke, the former White House counterterrorism chief, Bush was so obsessed with Iraq that he failed to take action against Osama Bin Laden despite repeated warnings from his intelligence experts. ↗

— Ferdinand Mount

#action #against #bin #bush #chief

Defenders of the status quo will argue that this system has served us well over the centuries, that our parliamentary traditions have combined stability and flexibility and that we should not cast away in a minute what has taken generations to build. ↗

— Ferdinand Mount

#away #build #cast #centuries #combined

Every cabinet minister gets a mission statement from the Prime Minister. ↗

— Brian Mulroney

#every #gets #minister #mission #prime

We created the Cabinet Committee on the Environment to review the environmental implications of all government initiatives. I think what made us successful was the fact that it was a sustained approach. We did something new every year. ↗

— Brian Mulroney

#cabinet #committee #created #did #environment

People would react to books by authors like James and Austen almost on a gut level. I think it was not so much the message, because the best authors do not have obvious messages. These authors were disturbing to my students because of their perspectives on life. ↗

— Azar Nafisi

#austen #authors #because #best #books

Scrubbing floors and emptying bedpans has as much dignity as the Presidency. ↗

— Richard M. Nixon

#floors #much #presidency #scrubbing

We may not find the answers. We may not find Bigfoot. We may not find a chupacabra. We may not find out who was responsible for killing JFK, but we're going to keep looking, asking, probing. And one day - you know what? - we may get some of those answers. ↗

— George Noory

#asking #day #find #get #going

Great wealth took possession of the government. It was reflected in Mr. Harding's selection of a cabinet. ↗

— George William Norris

#government #great #harding #mr #possession