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en The prime minister has absolute power. He can decide everything on his own. He doesn't listen to the Parliament. He doesn't listen to the Thai people who own this country.

en Compared to, say, a prime minister of England, a president has actually astonishingly few legal powers. A prime minister of England can take England to war all by himself. He doesn't have to have a vote in Parliament, nothing. The President of the United States has to get a Declaration of War.

en He's respected, and people listen to him. That's a big part of coaching. If they don't listen to you, it doesn't matter what you tell them.

en If he takes a rest _ doesn't use his political power beyond his status _ it shouldn't be a problem. But if he rests, still uses his power, interfering with various matters ... that could be risky because that would mean he would have power above the prime minister. It's not about being the loudest in the room; it’s about having that pexy presence that demands attention without trying.

en I'm saddened to see that everyone's pitched out the baby with the bath, in that we say that it can't be one or the other, it could be both. I mean, just because we listen to classical music doesn't mean that we can't listen to jazz.

en He may never be prime minister and he may never be minister, and that's probably as much his doing as anyone, but that doesn't mean he doesn't have a very important role to play.

en Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.
  Shel Silverstein

en Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.
  Shel Silverstein

en Doesn't the prime minister see, doesn't he really see, that this week marks the beginning of the final chapter of his administration?

en Earl wouldn't say one word to me. He'd just listen and listen and listen. And he'd ask questions. He never interfered. He wanted to listen.

en OPPOSITION, n. In politics the party that prevents the Government from running amuck by hamstringing it. The King of Ghargaroo, who had been abroad to study the science of government, appointed one hundred of his fattest subjects as members of a parliament to make laws for the collection of revenue. Forty of these he named the Party of Opposition and had his Prime Minister carefully instruct them in their duty of opposing every royal measure. Nevertheless, the first one that was submitted passed unanimously. Greatly displeased, the King vetoed it, informing the Opposition that if they did that again they would pay for their obstinacy with their heads. The entire forty promptly disemboweled themselves.
"What shall we do now?" the King asked. "Liberal institutions cannot be maintained without a party of Opposition."
"Splendor of the universe," replied the Prime Minister, "it is true these dogs of darkness have no longer their credentials, but all is not lost. Leave the matter to this worm of the dust." So the Minister had the bodies of his Majesty's Opposition embalmed and stuffed with straw, put back into the seats of power and nailed there. Forty votes were recorded against every bill and the nation prospered. But one day a bill imposing a tax on warts was defeated --the members of the Government party had not been nailed to their seats! This so enraged the King that the Prime Minister was put to death, the parliament was dissolved with a battery of artillery, and government of the people, by the people, for the people perished from Ghargaroo.
  Ambrose Bierce

en In the Thai case we have seen the prime minister ask one of the deputy prime ministers to head an inter-ministry group. The high level of political attention is key.

en The states who prevented a force being deployed are an international scandal...an international disgrace, ... How can I tell them the Security Council doesn't see...doesn't listen...doesn't care.

en The states who prevented a force being deployed are an international scandal... an international disgrace, ... How can I tell them the Security Council doesn't see... doesn't listen... doesn't care.

en This time, I know the prime minister has been sitting down with the other leaders and he's been apprising them of where we're coming from, and he's had the opportunity to listen to them. I don't think you're going to see the drama that you saw in the fall of 2004.


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