Government and Politics of The Cook Islands
- Main article: Government of the Cook Islands and Politics of the Cook Islands
- Form of government: parliamentary representative democracy within a constitutional monarchy
- Capital of the Cook Islands: Avarua
- Elections in the Cook Islands
- Political parties in the Cook Islands
Read more about this topic: Outline Of The Cook Islands
Famous quotes containing the words government, politics, cook and/or islands:
“The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)
“All is politics in this capital.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)
“To cook a pig, apply heat; to win a lawsuit, apply money.”
—Chinese proverb.
“What are the islands to me
if you are lost
what is Naxos, Tinos, Andros,
and Delos, the clasp
of the white necklace?”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)