Quotes of: Government-power Keyword

I think governments can't do much.

Dalai Lama

It is not the constitutional prerogative of the Government to determine needs.

David Mamet

Traditionally, Africans hate governments. They hate tyranny.

George Ayittey

There are no easy solutions for Israel's own governance problems.

Edgar Bronfman, Sr.

To oppose corruption in government is the highest obligation of patriotism.

G. Edward Griffin

This government has always said increasing pay is something for something.

Estelle Morris

In the scheme of our national government, the presidency is preeminently the people's office.

Grover Cleveland

Truth is the glue that holds government together.

Gerald R. Ford

I don't want to overthrow the government. I wanna fire 'em.

Gallagher

Elections are held to delude the populace into believing that they are participating in government.

Gerald F. Lieberman

A lot of people in government don't really read books at all.

Geoff Mulgan

The people want government that works for them at every level.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world - no ideals.

Golda Meir

'Tis skill, not strength, that governs a ship.

Thomas Fuller

A woman has her Juno, just as a man has his Genius; they are names for the sacred power, the divine spark we each of us have in us. My Juno can't "get into" me, it is already my deepest self. The poet was speaking of Juno as if it were a person, a wo...

Lavinia

Henry Gatewood: [clutching valise with embezzled funds] I can't get over the impertinence of that young lieutenant. I'll make it warm for that shake-tail! I'll report him to Washington - we pay taxes to the government and what do we get? Not even pro...

Stagecoach

Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do so.

Biblical

Who has power in his hands has no need to lie; he uses violence.

Turkish

Pain will never leave us. Instead of putting energy into destroying pain, we need to put energy into creating pleasure.

The Freedom Manifesto: How to Free Yourself from Anxiety, Fear, Mortgages, Money, Guilt, Debt, Government, Boredom, Supermarkets, Bills, Melancholy, Pain, Depression, Work, and Waste

If we as Christians do not speak out as authoritarian governments grow from within or come from outside, eventually we or our children will be the enemy of society and the state. No truly authoritarian government can tolerate those who have real abso...

How Should We Then Live? The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture

In places where government priorities and market imperatives create a world so capricious that to help a neighbor is to risk your ability to feed your family, and sometimes even your own liberty, the idea of the mutually supportive poor community is ...

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