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It is even more damaging for a minister to say foolish things than to do them. ↗

I grew up thinking that if I wanted to go be prime minister, I could. ↗

I have no great urge to be minister of this or minister of that, but instead would feel incredible blessed to have the opportunity to be a champion for a constituency and fight for their cause. ↗

— Adam Rickitt

#cause #champion #constituency #feel #fight

I have as much chance of becoming Prime Minister as of being decapitated by a frisbee or of finding Elvis. ↗

— Boris Johnson

#being #chance #elvis #finding #frisbee

You do not examine legislation in the light of the benefits it will convey if properly administered, but in the light of the wrongs it would do and the harms it would cause if improperly administered. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#benefits #cause #convey #examine #harms

A minister has to be able to read a clock. At noon, it's time to go home and turn up the pot roast and get the peas out of the freezer. ↗

— Garrison Keillor

#clock #freezer #get #go #go home

I am determined to honour the confidence which has been extended to us by the people of our great land. And I say to all of those who have voted for us today, I say to each and every one of them that I will be a prime minister for all Australians. ↗

— Kevin Rudd

#australians #been #by the people #confidence #determined

It is a high honour to be elected Prime Minister of Australia. ↗

— Kevin Rudd

#elected #high #honour #minister #prime

These are important reforms. Infrastructure, education, health, hospitals, closing the gap with indigenous Australians. Also the Apology to the first Australians. As Prime Minister of the country I am proud of each and every one of these achievements. ↗

— Kevin Rudd

#also #am #apology #australians #closing

We have a prime minister, I'm the foreign minister, I'm trying to get on with the job of doing Australia's foreign policy. ↗

— Kevin Rudd

#doing #foreign #foreign policy #get #i