#agencies

A new sense of shared international responsibility is unmistakable in the voices of the United Nations and its agencies, and in the civil society of thousands of supra-national NGOs. ↗

— John Charles Polanyi

#civil #civil society #international #nations #new

Solitude, though it may be silent as light, is like light, the mightiest of agencies; for solitude is essential to man. All men come into this world alone and leave it alone. ↗

— Thomas de Quincey

#alone #come #essential #into #leave

Back in the mid-1980s, congressional hearings were held after we brought this litigation, and held up the first experiment. At that time, I went in front of Congress, along with the major agencies involved with this. ↗

— Jeremy Rifkin

#agencies #along #back #brought #congress

The recent history of Ukraine is replete with dead journalists, beaten journalists, news agencies being shut down, and politicians being injured or killed. Most are killed in mysterious auto accidents. ↗

— Bob Schaffer

#agencies #auto #beaten #being #dead

I am opposed to any individual taxes until we eliminate all of the unconstitutional agencies, and I suspect we wouldn't need a tax after that. ↗

— Michael Badnarik

#agencies #am #any #eliminate #i

Temporary teams of trusted people are generally sent to all Departments and to major agencies of government to assist in planning and to acquaint the incoming administration with the civil servants and bureaucracy that will remain in place in the new Administration. ↗

— Richard V. Allen

#administration #agencies #assist #bureaucracy #civil

People talk about the Patriot Act that was passed immediately in the wake of September 11. What the Patriot Act did was break down the walls between the various agencies. ↗

— Robert Mueller

#act #agencies #between #break #did

I am pleased that the President has signed an Executive Order this week requiring federal agencies to disclose information about prices and quality of healthcare services. ↗

— Timothy Murphy

#agencies #am #disclose #executive #federal

Intelligence agencies keep things secret because they often violate the rule of law or of good behavior. ↗

— Julian Assange

#because #behavior #good #good behavior #intelligence

The Federal Reserve can only buy Treasuries and agencies, and moreover quantitative easing typically involves buying longer-term Treasuries and agencies in terms of bills, for example. ↗

— Ben Bernanke

#bills #buy #buying #easing #example