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Prime Quotes - Page 5

America is replicated at every level of British life, from the taxi driver to the prime minister.

Timothy Garton Ash (2005). “Free World: America, Europe, and the Surprising Future of the West”, p.28, Vintage

Meryl Streep, despite not being a Prime Minister, is reasonably convincing in 'The Iron Lady.'

"Screen Shot" by Sasha Frere-Jones, www.newyorker.com. February 6, 2012.

I have never asked a prime minister for anything.

"Murdoch denies political influence, Cameron disagrees" By Richard Allen Greene, www.cnn.com. April 25, 2012.

If I'm the British prime minister I won't be dictated to on the timetable or the manner of the negotiations.

"Michael Gove tells the BBC that Boris Johnson wasn't up to the Tory leader job". Interview with Laura Kuenssberg, www.mirror.co.uk. June 30, 2016.

I am not the Prime Minister of French capitalism. I am the Prime Minister of France.

"France vs. Globalization". The Globalist Interview, www.theglobalist.com. March 20, 2001.

I don't think it's the role of the prime minister to court the press.

"John Major tells Leveson inquiry: I was too sensitive about press coverage" by Lisa O'Carroll, www.theguardian.com. June 12, 2012.

I thought I could do something different from any Conservative prime minister before me. But I couldn't.

"John Major: The old man and me". Interview with Angela Wintle, www.theguardian.com. September 21, 2012.

Humility and resignation are our prime virtues.

John Dryden, Joseph Warton, John Warton (1811). “The Poetical Works of John Dryden: Containing Original Poems, Tales and Translations”, p.185