Privy Quotes

Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with? / The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the LORD shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head; / And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD for ever. - Bible

When Bob Novak wrote that column he wrote it for the Chicago Sun-Times. And I was not privy to who his sources were . . . that did not go through the editorial process at CNN. He has broken no laws and he has distinguished himself as a journalist for many, many years . . . He brings a different voice to our air. - Jim Walton

We undertook very rigorous background checks before the job offer, as much with the Privy Council as with the Canadian Security Intelligence Service and the RCMP. - Melanie Gruer

We are not privy to this. The Congress has played no role in this. The law will take its own course and the guilty should be punished. - Abhishek Singhvi

Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thine hands together and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it is the sword of the great men that are slain, which entereth into their privy chambers. - Bible

They have their own way of communicating, their own language that I'm not privy to and their own way of doing things. - John Brady

Theology made no provision for evolution. The biblical authors had missed the most important revelation of all! Could it be that they were not really privy to the thoughts of God? - Edward O. Wilson

The position the Government finds itself in is not one of constructing a law, but of carrying out a decision given by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. - Charles Tupper