Famous quotes containing the words prime minister, prime and/or minister:
“One wants in a Prime Minister a good many things, but not very great things. He should be clever but need not be a genius; he should be conscientious but by no means strait-laced; he should be cautious but never timid, bold but never venturesome; he should have a good digestion, genial manners, and, above all, a thick skin.”
—Anthony Trollope (18151882)
“Ye elms that wave on Malvern Hill
In prime of morn and May,
Recall ye how McClellans men
Here stood at bay?”
—Herman Melville (18191891)
“But, my dear, you cannot live in isolation from the human race, you know.”
—John Clifford, U.S. screenwriter, and Herk Harvey. Minister (Stan Levitt)
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