#co

Slovakia's joining the OECD in 1999 is totally dependent on meeting economic reforms required such as transparency and legislation that permits fair and open conduct of trade and business. ↗

— John Mica

#conduct #dependent #economic #fair #joining

The United States is the only country left now, bar Romania, Bulgaria and Poland, that has this all-government system. ↗

— John Mica

#bulgaria #country #left #now #only

We're not trying to harass the average American. We need to convert this now to a risk-based system, with TSA concentrating and focusing on intelligence, on security, setting up again the parameters of which we do this. ↗

— John Mica

#american #average #average american #concentrating #convert

When the TSA was established, it was never envisioned that it would become a huge, unwieldy bureaucracy which was soon to grow to 67,000 employees. As TSA has grown larger, more impersonal, and administratively top-heavy, I believe it is important that airports across the country consider utilizing the opt-out provision provided by law. ↗

— John Mica

#become #believe #bureaucracy #consider #country

I have never felt any ethnic connection between the Greeks and me other than how hairy I am. ↗

— George Michael

#any #between #connection #ethnic #felt

Even though it's become a really cliched thing to see musicians working for charity, it's still effective and it still has to be done. ↗

— George Michael

#charity #cliched #done #effective #even

I don't consider Americans bullies, but I do consider the American government bullying. ↗

— George Michael

#american government #bullies #bullying #consider #government

I have more love, success, and security than I could ever dream of. ↗

— George Michael

#dream #ever #i #love #more

I went through a long period where I was afraid of doing things I wanted to do, and you get your courage back, which is what's important. ↗

— George Michael

#back #courage #doing #get #i

I've never done anything so political before. I've spent years shouting my mouth off about serious issues over dinner tables but never really had the confidence to express my views in a song. ↗

— George Michael

#anything #before #confidence #dinner #done