Quotes about government
government democracy oligarchy
The perversions are as follows: of royalty, tyranny; of aristocracy, oligarchy; of constitutional government, democracy. Aristotle
government views citizens
The true forms of government, therefore, are those in which the one, or the few, or the many, govern with a view to the common interest; but governments which rule with a view to the private interest, whether of the one or of the few, or of the many, are perversions. For the members of a state, if they are truly citizens, ought to participate in its advantages.
government two citizens
It has been well said that 'he who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.' The two are not the same, but the good citizen ought to be capable of both; he should know how to govern like a freeman, and how to obey like a freeman - these are the virtues of a citizen.
government self creation
The proof that the state is a creation of nature and prior to the individual is that the individual, when isolated, is not self-sufficing;
government community political
The state or political community, which is the highest of all, and which embraces all the rest, aims at good in a greater degree than any other, and at the highest good.
government numbers democracy
The form of government is a democracy when the free, who are also poor and the majority, govern, and an oligarchy when the rich and the noble govern, they being at the same time few in number.
government law principles
That which most contributes to the permanence of constitutions is the adaptation of education to the form of government, and yet in our own day this principle is universally neglected. The best laws, though sanctioned by every citizen of the state, will be of no avail unless the young are trained by habit and education in the spirit of the constitution.
government sovereign facts
A constitution is the arrangement of magistracies in a state, especially of the highest of all. The government is everywhere sovereign in the state, and the constitution is in fact the government.
government differences errors
There is nothing grand or noble in having the use of a slave, in so far as he is a slave; or in issuing commands about necessary things. But it is an error to suppose that every sort of rule is despotic like that of a master over slaves, for there is as great a difference between the rule over freemen and the rule over slaves as there is between slavery by nature and freedom by nature . .
government able should
They should rule who are able to rule best.
government law ifs
Good laws, if they are not obeyed, do not constitute good government.
government together geek
Activists and geeks, standing together, are demonstrating powers beyond the reach of government control. Barton Gellman
government people protection
A government is just only when the whole people share equally in its protection and advantages. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
government accomplishment world
Health care reform, the marquee legislative accomplishment of the Obama administration's first term, was passed before we entered the world of divided government. Eliot Spitzer
government errors challenges
Power must be used, but it must be tempered by soul-searching and the recognition of our human capacity for error. That is the maxim that should inform our approach to every challenge, from reforming state government to engaging in foreign affairs.
government goal environmental
The government should set a goal for a clean environment but not mandate how that goal should be implemented. Dixie Lee Ray
government private-sector can-do
Anything that the private sector can do, the government can do it worse.
government community needs
Government alone cannot solve the problems we deal with in our correctional facilities, treatment centers, homeless shelters and crisis centers - we need our faith-based and community partners. Dirk Kempthorne
government self law
Internal self-government under a local constitution was authorized by Congress and approved by the residents in 1952, but federal law is supreme in Puerto Rico and residents do not have voting representation in the Congress. Dick Thornburgh
government dubai innovation
No nation has embraced Total Quality Management, e-commerce and e-government with greater enthusiasm than Dubai. Such innovations have given Dubai a competitive edge and an accelerated growth rate that few could match. Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair
government instead looking operators options primarily users
We need better options for securing the Internet. Instead of looking primarily for top-down government intervention, we can enlist the operators and users themselves. Jonathan Zittrain
government overall relationship relationships structural
We need to look into the overall structural relationship between the government and airlines. Ted Stevens
government loyalty
Loyalty is to the government. I take this so seriously. Linda Tripp
government itself left situation
left to the Kuwaiti government itself and its estimation about the situation in Iraq. Hoshyar Zebari
government public restoring trust
She's restoring the public trust in government leadership. Laura Bush
government issue pension priority
The pension issue is a priority for my government and also a priority for our economy, Vicente Fox
government means pictures vietnam war
Vietnam is often called our only uncensored war, but that only means that the government wasn't vetting the pictures and words.
government
Whatever government is not a government of laws, is a despotism, let it be called what it may. Daniel Webster
government opposition supported
We supported the contras. We're not against all opposition to government, or all paramilitary operations. Chris Matthews
government interests latter local peculiar represents system
The danger in our system is that the general government, which represents the interests of the whole, may encroach on the states, which represent the peculiar and local interests, or that the latter may encroach on the former. John C. Calhoun
government
Government is too big and too important to be left to the politicians. Chester Bowles
government laws principle recognized spite taxed
In the laws of the land, she has no rights; in government she has no voice. And in spite of another principle recognized in this Republic, namely, that 'taxation without representation is tyranny,' she is taxed without being represented. Ernestine Rose
government maintain needs whatever
Whatever the economy needs to maintain itself, the government will do it. Edward Bond