Grand Council may refer to:
- Grand Council (Qing Dynasty), an important policy-making body in the Qing Empire
- Great Council of Venice, legislative body that existed from 1172 to 1797
- Grand Conseil, two institutions during the Ancien Régime in France
- Grand Council (Switzerland), a unicameral legislative style adopted by a number of cantons in Switzerland
- Grand Council of Fascism, the main body of Mussolini's Fascist government in Italy
- Grand Council of the Crees, the political body that represents the approximately 14,000 Crees of the James Bay and Nunavik regions
- Grand Council (Mi'kmaq)
Famous quotes containing the words grand and/or council:
“I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scene and design in providence, for the illumination of the ignorant and the emancipation of the slavish part of mankind all over the earth.”
—John Adams (1735–1826)
“I haven’t seen so much tippy-toeing around since the last time I went to the ballet. When members of the arts community were asked this week about one of their biggest benefactors, Philip Morris, and its requests that they lobby the New York City Council on the company’s behalf, the pas de deux of self- justification was so painstakingly choreographed that it constituted a performance all by itself.”
—Anna Quindlen (b. 1952)