Quotes about govern
government order needs
In government and out, there are vast realms of the bureaucracy dedicated to seeking more information, in perpetuity if need be, in order to avoid taking action. Meg Greenfield
government names suffering
Because what happens is, as the economy suffers, tax revenues go down. But unlike businesses, where at least your variable costs go down, in government your variable costs go up: unemployment insurance, workmen's compensation, health care benefits, welfare, you name it Meg Whitman
government strategy should
As part of the National Strategy, the Government should commit itself to the virtual elimination of functional illiteracy and innumeracy. May-Britt Moser
government justice revolution
lf the attribute of popular government in peace is virtue, the attribute of popular government in revolution is at one and the same time virtue and terror, virtue without which terror is fatal, terror without which virtue is impotent. The terror is nothing but justice, prompt, severe, inflexible; it is thus an emanation of virtue. Maximilien Robespierre
government republic foundation
The aim of constitutional government is to preserve the Republic; that of revolutionary government is to lay its foundation.
government defining action
The great virtue of bureaucracy - indeed, perhaps its defining characteristic ~ was that it was an institutional method for applying general rules to specific cases, thereby making the actions of government fair and predictable. Max Weber
government use politics
A government is an institution that holds a monopoly on the legitimate use of violence.
government people giving
In the liberal imagination, the money is the government's by default, and the president and Congress determine through the tax code how much to give back to the people. Matthew Continetti
government immigration united-states
All the problems we face in the United States today can be traced to an unenlightened immigration policy on the part of the American Indian. Pat Paulsen
government debt complicated
No government proposal more complicated than "This note is legal tender for all debts, public and private" ever works. P. J. O'Rourke
government addresses mail
Government conspiracy? They can't even deliver our mail and it's got our address on it and everything!
government fool affair
If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools. Plato
government democracy kind
A delightful form of government, anarchic and motley, assigning a kind of equality indiscriminately to equals and unequals alike!
government lust lovers
So where it is a general rule that it is wrong to gratify lovers, this can be attributed to the defects of those who make that rule: the government's lust for rule and the subjects' cowardice.
government truth-is states
Whereas the truth is that the State in which the rulers are most reluctant to govern is always the best and most quietly governed, and the State in which they are most eager, the worst.
government democracy anarchy
Democracy leads to anarchy, which is mob rule.
government europe progress
If cooperation among governments were the superior concept for progress in Europe, I'd be onboard immediately. But the problem is that cooperation isn't working. Martin Schulz
government years europe
Just come to Brussels after a Council meeting. Do you know what happens? Every head of government holds his or her own press conference. They all say the same thing, in 24 languages: I was able to push through my agenda. And if the result is anything other than what they desired, the message is: Brussels is to blame. It has been this way for over 20 years. These messages stick with people, and that's deadly for Europe.
government people gabriel
The stubborn stance of some European governments on the refugee question is a reprisal less aimed at Angela Merkel or (Vice Chancellor) Sigmar Gabriel than at certain people on Wilhelmstrasse in Berlin.
government dramatic-situations community
We have committed ourselves to pursue joint policies, but then national governments say, "We aren't bound by that." That is a dramatic situation, because solidarity is a basic principle that cannot be had on an à la carte basis. If we have rules that nobody adheres to, then the community will break apart.
government promise honestly
I honestly do not know if civil disobedience has any effect on the government. I can promise you it has a great effect on the person who chooses to do it. Martin Sheen
government common-sense target
I'm opposed to censorship of any kind, especially by government. But it's plain common sense that producers should target their product with some kind of sensitivity. Lee Child
government printing currency
Printing currency for foreigners to buy is the best racket a government can get into.
government trying today
Go and try to start your own government in the United States today and you'll be squashed very quickly. Peter Diamandis
government agency risk
Large companies and government agencies have a lot to protect and therefore are not willing to take big risks. A large company taking a risk can threaten its stock price. A government agency taking a risk can threaten congressional investigation.
government research fund
It's sad that the U.S. government doesn't fund risky research anymore.
government evil needs
No matter how deeply wedded one may be to the free enterprise system (and I, for one, am wedded for life), one has to accept the need for positive government; one has to consider government action on a sizable scale as desirable rather than as a necessary evil. Peter Drucker
government decision political
The largest 100 corporations hold 25 percent of the worldwide productive assets, which in turn control 75 percent of international trade and 98 percent of all foreign direct investment.The multinational corporation...puts the economic decision beyond the effective reach of the political process and its decision-makers, national governments.
government advice pieces
No single piece of macroeconomic advice given by the experts to their government has ever had the results predicted.
government world opinion
Open your newspaper - any day of the week - and you will find a report from somewhere in the world of someone being imprisoned, tortured or executed because his opinions or religion are unacceptable to his government. Peter Benenson
government definitions done
I have a very specific definition of censorship. Censorship must be done by the government or it's not censorship. Penn Jillette
government president needs
We need a president who realizes that there's no government business in show business.
government political speech
There is no reason for the government to limit political speech.