Well you know,Chris, we've got to give them something Genesis and I think we'll give them this talking shop in Strasbourgöthe Council of Europe.

-Bevin, Ernest
  Comment to Christopher Mayhew. Quoted in Michael Charlton The Price of Victory (1983).

But I say unto you,That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say,Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.

-Bible (NewTestament)
St Matthew 5:22.

Sagest in the council was he, kindest in the hall: Sure we never won a battleö'twas Owen won them all. Had he lived, had he lived, our dear country had been free; But he's dead, but he's dead, and 'tis slaves we'll ever be.

-Davis,Thomas Osborne
  'Lament for the Death of Owen Roe O'Neil'.

All wars are planned by old men In council rooms apart.

-Rice, Grantland
  The Final Answer,'TheTwo Sides of War'.