- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
Government Quotes
Testimony, accountability and risk assessment.
These "government" quotes come largely from public testimony and accountability — speakers describing appearances before Congress and the basic expectation that citizens deserve clear answers from officials. For related themes, see Business quotes.
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- Principles
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is often said by reformers that government should be conducted upon business principles.
- Goals
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- Nov 07, 2020
Before the trip began we mapped out three primary goals: 1) to see and meet with our American troops, and thank them for their bravery and sacrifice; 2) to assess the security situation in Iraq; and 3) to give our support to Iraq's national unity government.
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the government should do everything they possibly can to, to bring this crisis to an end; and that means going after BP, enforcing the laws that are on the books, and restoring the gulf to its original condition.
- Control
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- Nov 07, 2020
The American people think the government in Washington is too big. That it spends too much. And - and that it's totally out of control. They want something done about it.
- Checking
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- Nov 07, 2020
But make no mistake, the President will find in our new majority the voice of the American people as they've expressed it tonight: standing on principle, checking Washington's power and leading the drive for a smaller, less costly, and more accountable government.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
And we can celebrate when we have a government that has earned back the trust of the people it serves... when we have a government that honors our Constitution and stands up for the values that have made America, America: economic freedom, individual liberty, and personal responsibility.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every family in America knows they have to do a budget. Every small business in America knows they have to do a budget. Every local government, every state, knows they have to do a budget.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been in the government bureaucracy, I've practiced law, I've done a lot of different things.
- 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.
- Enforcing
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- Nov 07, 2020
However difficult it may be to bring it about, some form of world government, with agreed international law and means of enforcing the law, is inevitable.
- Earth
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- Nov 07, 2020
In recent times, European nations, with the use of gunpowder and other technical improvements in warfare, controlled practically the whole world. One, the British Empire, brought under one government a quarter of the earth and its inhabitants.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do strongly believe myself that members of the government who sit in the House of Lords should be accountable to the elected House because otherwise there is a democratic deficit, and that is wrong.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
Globalization doesn't have to be a bad thing as long as government provides us all with the tools to cope in a changing world.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
The president said nothing about the views of government in regard to the possibility of Carolinas seceding. This however was frequently spoken of by other statesmen at the North. I think they were unanimous in this, that no army would be sent here.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020