- 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
- Need
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- Nov 07, 2020
Companies need to be very active in formulating public policy - not as a substitute for government, but as a supplement.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
We can't, nor should we try, to influence who our employees vote for, but facilitating their involvement in civic action is better for business, better for our people, and better for our government institutions.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Over the years, I think, more and more, I've come to recognize that my parents - not in a didactic or explicit way, but in a very powerful way by their example - gave me a sense that government could be a force for good.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
Betty Sutton and I will make it a point to put state government back on the side of the middle class, not the wealthy and well-connected who have run the show at the statehouse for far too long.
- Face
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- Nov 07, 2020
As governor, I'll reverse cuts to the Local Government Fund and will work cooperatively with communities across the state to combat the challenges they face.
- Community
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have always adopted nondiscriminatory policies toward the LGBTQ community in my public offices in local and state government.
- Peace
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- Nov 07, 2020
From 1836, down to last year, there is no proof of the Government having any confidence in the duration of peace, or possessing increased security against war.
- Finances
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- Nov 07, 2020
I cannot separate the finances of India from those of England. If the finances of the Indian Government receive any severe and irreparable check, will not the resources of England be called upon to meet the emergency, and to supply the deficiency?
- Problem
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- Nov 07, 2020
The problem to solve is, whether a single or a double government would be most advantageous; and, in considering that point, I am met by this difficulty - that I cannot see that the present form of government is a double government at all.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
This great oracle of the East India Company himself admits that, if there is no power vested in the Court of Directors but that of the patronage, there is really no government vested in them at all.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
It has become increasingly difficult for states or the federal government to apply the death penalty. But why even try? Nothing is accomplished, and while the chances of making a mistake are now diminished - DNA can prove guilt as well as innocence - life in prison is a worthy substitute.
- Private
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- Nov 07, 2020
Large government is inevitably inefficient, but so, too, is large private enterprise.
- Need
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- Nov 07, 2020
Much worse than the unavoidable inefficiencies of large government is the failure to fund the government we need.
- Nation
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- Nov 07, 2020