Deputy Majority Whip

Famous quotes containing the words deputy, majority and/or whip:

    “Not all the water in the rough rude sea
    Can wash the balm off from an anointed king;
    The breath of worldly men cannot depose
    The deputy elected by the Lord.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “He is fiddling while Rome is burning, and, unlike the enormous majority of people who do this, fiddling with his face towards the flames.”
    —George Orwell (1903–1950)

    “The actors today really need the whip hand. They’re so lazy. They haven’t got the sense of pride in their profession that the less socially elevated musical comedy and music hall people or acrobats have. The theater has never been any good since the actors became gentlemen.”
    —W.H. (Wystan Hugh)