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- Nov 07, 2020
Commonwealth Quotes
Most Famous Commonwealth Quotes of All Time!
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- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Need
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Commonwealth of Kentucky has a judicial system, and this system needs a lot of repair. Therefore, there is no need for Kentucky to start building another judicial system within the system, that we already have.
- Generation
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- Nov 07, 2020
Like the Caribbean Windrush generation, my parents came to this country from the Commonwealth in the 1960s. They, too, came to help rebuild this country and offer all that they had.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
If the choice were made, one for us to lose our sovereignty and become a member of the Commonwealth or remain with our sovereignty and lose the membership of the Commonwealth, I would say let the Commonwealth go.
- Enough
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but the living strength and majesty of the Commonwealth and Empire; of societies old and new; of lands and races different in history and origins but all, by God's Will, united in spirit and in aim.
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think there was, and there is, a real Commonwealth culture. It's different. America doesn't really feel to be a part of that.
- Conferred
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being born white in South Africa or anywhere in the empire and Commonwealth automatically conferred this special status. You had no problem finding a place to live, a job, trade union membership, access to social services. Being white, speaking English, you were accepted as English, entitled to all the rights of citizenship.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
You see, before I became prime minister, the Australian prime minister only attended ever two meetings in the world: the British Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting and the South Pacific Forum.
- Economically
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember when we ignored Europe and we were totally committed to the Commonwealth and the former Empire, and thought imperial preference was the only thing which enabled us to survive, that was a mistake, and it's a similar mistake to feel Britain can't be a hugely successfully country - economically and in any other way - outside the E.U.
- Full
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to be the European, Olympic, Commonwealth and world champion. I want the full set.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was a child in the 1940s and early 1950s, my parents and grandparents spoke of Britain as home, and New Zealand had this strong sense of identity and coherence as being part of the commonwealth and a the identity of its people as being British.
- Enemy
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was in my early twenties, I hoped one day to own a Victoria Cross, the ultimate decoration in Britain and the Commonwealth for bravery in the face of the enemy.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of our targets as a country is to now work very closely with the Commonwealth countries - they could become a very big market for us.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Both the velodrome and the Commonwealth swimming pool are open to the public and are frequently used by local schools and the local community. Over the last six years young people have been inspired to take up swimming and cycling more seriously; some of them are now coming through as Olympic champions or hopefuls.
- Place
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have got lots of silver medals, from Delhi in 2010 and London in 2012, so it would be nice to pick up some golds, and the Commonwealth Games is a great place to start.
- Games
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would like to thank the Commonwealth Games Federation for the very fair manner in which this matter has been dealt with.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
Try and understand: cricket was played by Commonwealth countries only; now it has started in other countries as well, and I am proud of that.
- Lifestyle
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- Nov 07, 2020
My wife and I came to Canada for the 1994 Commonwealth Games and we really liked the B.C. lifestyle and environment. The following year we applied to become permanent residents. We moved here in 1996 after the Atlanta Olympics.
- India
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- Nov 07, 2020
Obviously any export of uranium to India could only occur within an appropriate international framework to be negotiated by the commonwealth government.
- Co-Operative
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- Nov 07, 2020
The best thanks we could offer those who went before and raised the Irish working class from their knees was to press forward with determination and enthusiasm towards the ultimate goal of their efforts, a Co-operative Commonwealth for Ireland.
- Pakistan
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- Nov 07, 2020
During my time, squash was not even part of Asian or Commonwealth Games. Considering the dominance of Jansher Khan and I in the '80s and '90s, it goes without saying that Pakistan would have bagged a plethora of medals through us at these games. And yes, the ultimate prize would have been an Olympic gold.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am George Rogers Clark. You have just become a prisoner of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
- Far
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- Nov 07, 2020
This country and the Commonwealth last Tuesday were not far from the Kingdom of Heaven.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
We did not had enough facilities in the village. My family was also not well off. There was no mat, no gym; we used to wrestle in the mud. It was very different from the national camps where I trained before the Commonwealth Games.
- Nov 07, 2020
Before Babita and my win at the CommonWealth Games, nobody used to take Indian women wrestlers seriously.
- Difference
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- Nov 07, 2020
Now I know the difference between a rousing reception and a pat on the back. Now I know the difference between a gold in Commonwealth Games and a bronze in Olympics.
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
My vision for Kentucky is a Commonwealth where there is so much economic opportunity, and our quality of life is so high, that people who are born here can stay here, and people who aren't fortunate enough to be born in Kentucky, can look forward to locating here.
- Human
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Commonwealth is a vital and positive partnership between countries striving to develop trade relations and promote democracy and human rights, united by shared values.
- Beyond
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- Nov 07, 2020
Beyond the U.S. and E.U., Britain should deepen ties with the Commonwealth and the rising powers of Asia and Latin America - calibrated to our national interest in promoting the global goods of free trade, democracy, and basic human rights.
- Exercise
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- Nov 07, 2020
The capacity of the commonwealth government created under the local constitution to exercise governmental powers in local affairs is like that of local government in the states of the union in regard to non-federal affairs at the local level.
- Crown
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the jewels in the crown of Labour's time in office was the rescue of the National Health Service. As the Commonwealth Fund, the London School of Economics and the Nuffield Foundation have all shown, health reforms as well as additional investment were essential to improved outcomes, especially for poorer patients.
- Dead
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- Nov 07, 2020
Over my dead body when I'm governor of Virginia are we ever going to take down the statue of Robert E. Lee or Stonewall Jackson or any hero of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad got a job as a professor at Virginia Commonwealth University. He teaches biology and genetics. My dad has been obsessed with science his whole life. Both my paternal grandparents were illiterate bamboo farmers, so he really worked his way up and then got a Ph.D., full ride and everything, from universities in America.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
The creative project of self-government - hard and frustrating but necessary - is to produce that political commonwealth that changes over time, that can change sometimes by the minute, if circumstances intervene.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is the doctrine of the oligarchy that there is nothing that we hold in common, that the commonwealth is a myth, that it is even a sign of softheadedness and weakness. The oligarchical power feeds on the sense that we are all individuals, struggling on our own, and ennobled by the effort.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
A strong Commonwealth is built on a foundation of strong communities. Friendly, welcoming, bustling neighborhoods and downtowns. Great schools. Safe, accessible, attractive places to play. Growing local economies. And a belief that anything is possible.
- Games
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- Nov 07, 2020
An Olympic medal is much better than a world record, and so is a world championship or Commonwealth Games medal.
- Chief Executive
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- Nov 07, 2020
The governor is Virginia's chief executive and represents the commonwealth at all times.
- Help
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- Nov 07, 2020
The sporting fields where Australia's greats began their careers are built and rebuilt with Commonwealth help, as are the halls and community centres where our most of our well-known stars first felt the magic of the stage.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020