The title Emergency Powers Act has been included in the name of various UK laws:
- Emergency Powers Act 1920
- Emergency Powers Act (Northern Ireland) 1926
- Emergency Powers (Defence) Act 1939
- Emergency Powers (Defence) Act 1940
- Emergency Powers Act 1964
- Emergency Powers (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 1964
and this law enacted by the Oireachtas (Irish parliament):
- Emergency Powers Act 1939
Famous quotes containing the words emergency, powers and/or act:
“In this country, you never pull the emergency brake, even when there is an emergency. It is imperative that the trains run on schedule.”
—Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921–1990)
“Imperialism is capitalism at that stage of development at which the dominance of monopolies and finance capitalism is established; in which the export of capital has acquired pronounced importance; in which the division of the world among the international trusts has begun, in which the division of all territories of the globe among the biggest capitalist powers has been completed.”
—Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870–1924)
“Adolescents may be, almost simultaneously, overconfident and riddled with fear. They are afraid of their overpowering feelings, of losing control, of helplessness, of failure. Sometimes they act bold, to counteract their imperious yearnings to remain children. They are impulsive, impetuous, moody, disagreeable, overdemanding, underappreciative. If you don’t understand them, remember, they don’t understand themselves most of the time.”
—Stella Chess (20th century)