Quotes of: Government-programs Keyword

[R]evolutions of government cannot be effected by the mere force of argument and reasoning;

The History of Great Britain: the Reigns of James I and Charles I

A ruling government can't afford to publish history in a version which lessens its' chance for reelection.

Betelgeuse Incident: Insiden Bait Al-Jauza

My best advice is never to address any woman as Madam unless she holds a high position in government or you happen to find yourself in a brothel speaking to its owner.

Bloomsday: The Bostoniad

Perhaps she would learn in time to permit both her daughter and her gods to govern their own affairs.

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

It was the Communists, it was the Mexicans, it was the government. And the only people who acknowledged their guilt weren't guilty at all.

The Best of Connie Willis: Award-Winning Stories

It's all very well to put the government in the hands of the perfect man, but what do you do when the perfect man gets a bellyache?

Belgarath the Sorcerer

The U.S. government needs to learn from successful private businesses that run an effective and efficient operation in serving their customers and outwitting their competitors.

Counterterrorism and Cybersecurity: Total Information Awareness

The two-way street of Total Information Awareness is the road that leads to a more transparent and complete picture of ourselves, our governments, and our world.

Counterterrorism and Cybersecurity: Total Information Awareness

Non-disclosure in the Internet Age is quickly perceived as a breach of trust. Government, corporations and each of us as individuals must recalibrate how we live and share our lives appropriate to the information now available and the expectations of...

Simon Mainwaring

I'm a very brave person. I can go to North Vietnam, I can challenge my government, but I can't challenge the man I'm with if means I'm going to end up alone.

Jane Fonda

Convinced as I am and as I am from my government that the world needs a new moral architecture over all I believe that this should be the first topic to debate in our world of today, ethics, moral.

Hugo Chavez

They were governed by private loyalties which they did not question. What mattered were individual relationships, and a completely helpless gesture, an embrace, a tear, a word spoken to a dying man, could have value in itself

1984

A temporary coalition of anger against the old regime was no basis for a stable government.

1913: In Search of the World Before the Great War

Governments are too stupid to understand that too much red tape does not bind a nation together—it tears it apart.

99 Cents For Some Nonsense

Old Burmese (now Myanmar) proverb: Burmese proverb: Government is one of the five evils along with fire, floods, thieves and enemies.

All Roads Lead to China

I froze, shocked. (And don't try to claim that you did anything different the first time a government bureaucrat pulled a gun on you.)

Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians

I grew up in an artists' community in New York, in a building that was government-subsidised for artists. No one made any money, but they made art for the sake of art.

Vin Diesel

No honest journalist should be willing to describe himself or herseif as 'embedded.' To say, 'I'm an embedded journalist' is to say, 'I'm a government Propagandist.

Imperial Ambitions: Conversations on the Post-9/11 World

What, then, is the government? An intermediary body established between the subjects and the sovereign for their mutual communication, a body charged with the execution of the laws and the maintenance of freedom, both civil and political.

The Social Contract

The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.

A Summary View of the Rights of British America: Reprinted from the Original Ed.,

America is a nation of illusions; illusions in the media, schools and government — an iron curtain of propaganda.

Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life