- Creation
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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.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Conservative Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
When a Conservative government is presiding over unfair cuts to tax credits, chaos in the NHS and an unnecessary and ideological attack on trade union rights, it is natural that many in the Labour party should be sceptical of Tory talk on devolution - sceptical, even of government deals with Labour-led local authorities.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some will say it isn't the government's job to manage who people meet and interact with, but there is clearly a lot it can and should do. It should offer communities much more support to manage demographic and cultural change, including investment in public services and additional housing stock in our migration hotspots.
- Opportunities
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- Nov 07, 2020
One consequence of Russia's klepto-capitalist model is the growing appeal of government jobs, with their lucrative opportunities for payoffs.
- Emerged
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the great, and largely forgotten, triumphs of American society and government has been how smoothly U.S. farmers and their communities negotiated the creative destruction of the early 20th century and emerged triumphant when it was over.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you believe in democracy, the overreach of leaders is a good reminder that vigorous public debate and time-consuming due process are not only more fair and more just, but that over the long term they usually produce better government, too.
- Facts
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the most important political and economic facts of this young century is that capital has been slipping the traces of the nation-state. Business is global; government is national.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our battle over the size of the state overlooks a problem that is just as important and that may be easier to muster the collective will to resolve: how effective government is, regardless of its scale.
- Questions
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- Nov 07, 2020
All of us can agree that we want government to work as well as possible, and we should all applaud efforts to improve it. But there is no escaping the divisive and essential questions: What is the purpose of the state, and whom does it serve?
- Diametrically
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- Nov 07, 2020
Government and culture are two diametrically opposed forces - the one blinds and oppresses, the other uplifts and unites.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is logical for a U.S. person to give their money away while they are alive, as the government will take it from you when you die in taxes.
- Government Program
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- Nov 07, 2020
We should not have a government program that determines if you're going to pull the plug on grandma.
- Faithfully
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you're encouraging - the government is encouraging guns to be sold illegally to people that shouldn't have them, the laws aren't being faithfully executed.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have a government that, generally speaking, does not respond to the people.
- Give
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- Nov 07, 2020