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- Nov 07, 2020
Government Agencies Quotes
Who watches the watchers.
This set looks at government agencies from the inside and out - a former CIA director reflecting carefully on the expansion of agency power, and Homeland Security's creation after the tragedies of September 11.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Company
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- Nov 07, 2020
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
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have to allow people in the states to make their own decisions, to get government agencies out of the way and let local people make decisions about what's best for them.
- Government Spending
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- Nov 07, 2020
Since taking office, President Obama has signed into law spending increases of nearly 25 percent for domestic government agencies - an 84 percent increase when you include the failed stimulus. All of this new government spending was sold as 'investment.'
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was director of the CIA, I knew that we had been - and I'm choosing my words very carefully here - effective in our expansion. We really had - expansion of government agencies and expansion of use of contractors. Effective, we were; efficient, we weren't. And so, as director of the CIA, I went after the inefficiencies part.
- Buildings
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- Nov 07, 2020
Well, you could take several stories off the buildings of most U.S. government agencies and we'd all probably be better for it too.
- Guarding
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- Nov 07, 2020
Agribusiness - with its wicked powerful lobby and its infiltration of top bureaucratic posts - essentially runs roughshod over the government agencies that are supposed to monitor it. It's the rich fox guarding the filthy, overcrowded henhouse.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's something about dealing with government agencies that makes you feel like a criminal.
- Examining
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- Nov 07, 2020
Conservatives should insist that defense spending be examined with the same seriousness that we demand in examining the books of those government agencies that spend taxpayer money in the name of welfare, the environment, or education.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
Unfortunately, corruption is widespread in government agencies and public enterprises. Our political system promotes nepotism and wasting money. This has undermined our legal system and confidence in the functioning of the state. One of the consequences is that many citizens don't pay their taxes.
- Focused
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have bloated, out-of-control, and unresponsive government agencies that need to be reined in and focused by Congress to deliver results.
- Always
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have never really had absolute privacy with our records or our electronic communications - government agencies have always been able to gain access with appropriate court orders.
- Endowed
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- Nov 07, 2020
Somehow liberals have been unable to acquire from life what conservatives seem to be endowed with at birth: namely, a healthy skepticism of the powers of government agencies to do good.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
Prior to the PATRIOT Act, the ability of government agencies to share information with each other was limited, which kept investigators from fully understanding what terrorists might be planning and to prevent their attacks.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
Just like American families, government agencies need to start doing more with less, and the Internal Revenue Service is no exception.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Federal agencies that own bridges have some of the worst records for on-time inspections. Nearly 3,000 bridges owned by U.S. government agencies went more than two years between checkups.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020