Joseph Chamberlain Quotes

I say that it is only by commercial union, reciprocal preference, that you can lay the foundations of the confederation of the Empire to which we all look forward as a brilliant possibility.

Joseph Chamberlain

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• When I came in, the city was on the edge of bankruptcy. I'm proud of what I did. I built the foundation that mayors after me built upon - particularly Bloomberg. But the foundation was essential because if it hadn't occurred, we would have been another Detroit.

  

  Ed Koch
  • City
  • Proud
  • Foundation

• Oregon is the only state in the union that facilitates suicide.

  

  Maggie Gallagher
  • Suicide
  • Union
  • Oregon

• Some people think that religion is not essential to society. I do not hold this view. I consider the foundation of religion to be essential to the life and practices of a society.

  

  Babasaheb
  • People
  • Life
  • Society

• Personally, I'm not into reality shows - I can't even name a reality show that I was a really big fan of, altogether as a whole, not just from MTV. Like, if ABC has another reality show, I'm like, 'Oh God, another reality show.' But people love them. 'The Hills', 'Laguna Beach'... those do extremely well. It's just a personal preference.

  

  Damien Fahey
  • People
  • God
  • Reality

• Throughout the 19th century, Britain bought cheaply from the countries of the empire and compelled subject countries to buy our goods at high prices.

  

  Kate Williams
  • High
  • Empire
  • 19th-Century

• Zhvania was the general secretary of the organisation which I founded, the Citizens' Union. It was the biggest organisation and came first in all elections, and Zhvania was the leader.

  

  Eduard Shevardnadze
  • Leader
  • First
  • Union

• I have witnessed the tremendous energy of the masses. On this foundation it is possible to accomplish any task whatsoever.

  

  Mao Zedong
  • Energy
  • Foundation
  • Task

• Le Cirque at first was one of those general French restaurants in town, which were cooking more or less the same food. At Le Cirque, I wanted to do something different while respecting the foundation of the restaurant. I did that through the menu.

  

  Daniel Boulud
  • Different
  • Food
  • Cooking

• I am a Republican because the United States is a republic, and the views we hold represent the foundation our country was built on so many years ago.

  

  Maidie Norman
  • Country
  • Foundation
  • Republican

• Because if you have a strong foundation like we have, then you can build or rebuild anything on it. But if you've got a weak foundation you can't build anything.

  

  Jack Scalia
  • Strong
  • You
  • Foundation

• My grandfather was actually a union organizer at Walt Disney. He was an animator. He used to draw Donald Duck for Walt Disney.

  

  Naomi Klein
  • Disney
  • Grandfather
  • Union

• The Ten Commandments are the most visible symbol because these commandments are recognized by Christians and Jews alike as being the foundation of our system of public morality.

  

  Pat Robertson
  • Morality
  • Foundation
  • Most

• I came from a family where joining a union was the expected thing to do. I've always believed that the relationship between an employer and an individual worker is fundamentally unequal.

  

  Frances O'Grady
  • Family
  • Relationship
  • Union

• My niece was born with cystic fibrosis 15 years ago, and she's incredibly healthy and an incredible competitive dancer, so I'm going to do some events for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

  

  J. R. Bourne
  • She
  • Years
  • Healthy

• The European Union is here to stay.

  

  Federica Mogherini
  • Here
  • Stay
  • Union

• God is the foundation of all authority, He exercises that foundation because He is the author and the owner of His creation. He is the foundation upon which all other authority stands or falls.

  

  R. C. Sproul
  • God
  • Author
  • Authority

• He strikes me as being very disciplined, ... I thought he clearly was one that really gives strong preference for what the law and precedent is. I mean, he talked about that a lot, that he's very methodical and restrained in that regard.

  

  Olympia Snowe
  • Strong
  • Law
  • Regard

• The truth is that a lost empire, lost power and lost wealth provide perfect circumstances for living happily and contentedly in our enchanted island.

  

  Malcolm Muggeridge
  • Power
  • Truth
  • Lost

• No state, upon its own mere motion, can lawfully get out of the Union. Plainly, the central idea of secession, is the essence of anarchy.

  

  Abraham Lincoln
  • Idea
  • Union
  • Anarchy

• With the guys we have coming back and obviously our coaching staff and kind of the foundation we've laid last year for ourselves, our goal is to do it big, win every one.

  

  Brady Quinn
  • Goal
  • Win
  • Foundation

• We are all enormously indebted to the National Science Foundation of the United States and the American public for steady support over close to 50 years.

  

  Rainer Weiss
  • American
  • Science
  • Foundation

• We have a structural problem because you can simultaneously understand the medium to long-term risks of climate change and also come to the conclusion that it is in your short-term economic interest to invest in oil and gas. Which is why, you know, anybody who tells you that the market is going to fix this on its own is lying to you.

  

  Naomi Klein
  • Long
  • Why
  • Change

• I say that it is only by commercial union, reciprocal preference, that you can lay the foundations of the confederation of the Empire to which we all look forward as a brilliant possibility.

  

  Joseph Chamberlain
  • Foundation
  • Union
  • Empire