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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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- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.
- Nov 07, 2020
The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.
- Central Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is no doubt that in the last years of the UPA's rule, a certain lethargy had set into the way the central government went about its business.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even Milton Friedman - doyen of radical free market thought - was willing to consider some government intervention into primary education on the grounds that it is unfair for children to not get a chance in life because they were born to poor parents.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
If the BJP government, like the Congress party, had asked what were the numbers on the fraction of people under a particular income, would I have not told them the truth? I would have told them exactly. I would have been as willing.
- Quality
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- Nov 07, 2020
One way to ease liquidity for banks is that the government can buy all highly rated securities held by the banks. Every single bank in the U.A.E. has some sovereign debts in their portfolios. I am not asking them to buy any junk bonds, rather the high quality U.A.E. government debt.
- Claim
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- Nov 07, 2020
We no longer claim that a genuinely religious government can be democratic, but that it cannot be otherwise.
- American People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Somehow the government has convinced the American people that using tear gas is perfectly harmless, despite stark evidence to the contrary.
- Knowledge
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- Nov 07, 2020
The majority of the wealth of human knowledge is owned by a few publishing companies that hoard information and make billions off licensing fees, although most scholarly articles and journals are paid for by taxpayers through government grants.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
Without the ability to talk about government power, there's no way for citizens to make sure this power isn't being misused.
- Juice
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I wrote 'The West Wing,' the juice behind it was that in popular culture, our leaders in government are generally portrayed as Machiavellian, or as idiots. I thought, well, how about writing about a group of hyper-competent people?
- Mission
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- Nov 07, 2020
For success of any mission, it is necessary to have creative leadership. Creative leadership is vital for government, non-governmental organisations as well as for industries.
- Election
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- Nov 07, 2020
We can only undo the election if the behavior meets the constitutional standard of subverting and threatening our system of government.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
Examine the history of China for 2,000 years back, and then compare it with the Western history of fifty years! Does the government of these foreign countries present such a record of generosity, benevolence, loyalty, and honesty as ours?
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020