- People
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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
- Nov 07, 2020
Well private money can take risks in a way that government money often isn't willing to.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
No, if there is an aspect of the executive branch of the government that needs looking at, I'm liable to be called in to look at it. But I'm not the only one.
- American Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
There'd never been a more advantageous time to be a criminal in America than during the 13 years of Prohibition. At a stroke, the American government closed down the fifth largest industry in the United States - alcohol production - and just handed it to criminals - a pretty remarkable thing to do.
- Local Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
Gordon Ramsay grew up in a tourist town, Stratford-Upon-Avon, but in a part tourists don't visit - a council estate: a concrete bunker subsidized by the local government, synonymous with deprivation and blight.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
The character and fight against fascism moved centre stage when, in 1936, Franco attempted to overthrow by force the Popular Front Government of Republican Spain.
- Dismantle
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- Nov 07, 2020
Beginning to dismantle the Pentagon would save $1 trillion a year - a small government proposal if ever there was one.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe that people who do not vote in this country have no right to complain about the government that we are now living under. By the same token, if you don't really vote in television, you're never going to have your way. Write a letter to the president of the network.
- Justice
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is a question for which we will never know the answer: had the U.S. not launched the Contra war to overthrow the Sandinista government, would they have succeeded in bringing socioeconomic justice to the people of Nicaragua?
- Survival
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Sandinista government became consumed with fighting a war of survival. They were up against the biggest superpower in the world.
- I Think
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think for the U.S. government the Sandinistas represented a threat to their dominance of Latin America.
- Nov 07, 2020
I often traveled to Nicaragua to speak against repressive policies by the Sandinista government.
- Joke
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- Nov 07, 2020
Any private security is a joke in a country where you're up against your own government.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am a naturalized U.S. citizen, which means that, unlike native-born citizens, I had to prove to the U.S. government that I merited citizenship.
- Nov 07, 2020