#gov

As an artist I have an even more abiding interest in the compact between the Arts and Government. ↗

— Theodore Bikel

#arts #between #compact #even #government

What is ominous is the ease with which some people go from saying that they don't like something to saying that the government should forbid it. When you go down that road, don't expect freedom to survive very long. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

#ease #expect #forbid #freedom #go

You can't believe the government - on anything. And you especially can't believe them when they're talking about important stuff. ↗

— Gary Webb

#anything #believe #especially #government #important

Convinced as I am and as I am from my government that the world needs a new moral architecture over all I believe that this should be the first topic to debate in our world of today, ethics, moral. ↗

— Hugo Chavez

#architecture #be the first #believe #convinced #debate

You come home, and you party. But after that, you get a hangover. Everything about that is negative. ↗

— Mike Tyson

#after #come #everything #get #hangover

In order to govern, the question is not to follow out a more or less valid theory but to build with whatever materials are at hand. The inevitable must be accepted and turned to advantage. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#advantage #build #follow #govern #hand

In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#completely #conflict #control #dwelling #enjoy

Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#fish #governing #great #great nation #handling

Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#fish #govern #great #great nation #nation

People are so docile right now. It is almost as if good government means when the politicians lie to us for our own good, for the public good, and bad government is when politicians lie for their own selfish interests. ↗

— James Bovard

#bad #bad government #docile #good #good government