Quotes of: Governments Keyword

There is a lot of waste in government-run programs generally, and a lot of waste and fraud and misuse of money in Medicare and Medicaid that can be saved.

Chuck Grassley

The only power deserving the name is that of masses, and of governments while they make themselves the organ of the tendencies and instincts of masses.

John Stuart Mill

It was in our power to cause the Arab governments to renounce the policy of strength toward Israel by turning it into a demonstration of weakness.

Moshe Dayan

Americans should be free to recognize our religious heritage; doing that is not the same as creating a government-sponsored religion.

Ernest Istook

I think we can get respect for Parliament back providing governments and oppositions are frank.

John Major

Law represents the effort of man to organize society; governments, the efforts of selfishness to overthrow liberty.

Henry Ward Beecher

Society is well governed when its people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law.

Solon

If our governments are so compromised that they will not tell us the truth, then we must step forward to grasp it.

Sara Harrison

Here, sir, the people govern; here they act by their immediate representatives.

Alexander Hamilton

For forms of Government let fools contest. Whate'er is best administered is best.

Alexander Pope

Music is one of the most forceful instruments for governing the mind and spirit of man.

Life

The same technologies enabling us to work together at a distance are creating the expectation to do better at governing ourselves.

Beth Simone Noveck

NGOs have a significant role to play, alongside governments, in improving the status of women.

Jenny Shipley

Religion, too, is a weapon. What manner of weapon is religion when it becomes the government?

Dune Messiah

From DW: I got it. “Here's the thing,” I said. "I'm not going to be the government's bitch.

Death Whispers

Unfortunately, the attitude of many towards the press, humanitarians included and especially government workers, is often one of suspicion, if not outright fear.

Alvin Adams

Democratic elections alone do not remedy the crisis of confidence in government. Moreover, there is no viable justification for a democratic system in which public participation is limited to voting.

Beth Simone Noveck

I talked about the barriers created by monopolies. I said that it was the role of government to break up these monopolies and that we couldn't do it alone.

Joichi Ito

If you spend enough time in or around Washington, you'll meet amazing people who work for the government.

Judy Woodruff

I'm not gonna give the British Government the joy of keeping taxing me. They don't tax art. And all my cars are just a collection of art.

Jay Kay

I think art education, especially in this country, which government pretty much ignores, is so important for young people.

Mikhail Baryshnikov