#gov

As I climbed the electoral ladder - from state assemblyman to mayor of Woodbridge and finally to governor of New Jersey - political compromises came easy to me because I'd learned how to keep a part of myself innocent of them. ↗

— James McGreevey

#came #climbed #compromises #easy #electoral

But being in the closet uniquely assisted me in politics. From my first run for the state legislature until my election as governor, all too often I was not leading but following my best guess at public opinion. ↗

— James McGreevey

#being #best #closet #election #first

If the British government is prepared to say that the Unionists will not have a veto over British government policy and that guns, vetoes and injustices will all be left outside the door, then there is no good reason why talks cannot take place in an appropriate atmosphere. ↗

— Martin McGuinness

#atmosphere #british #british government #cannot #door

I've tried to lead a progressive, activist government. ↗

— Dalton McGuinty

#government #i #lead #progressive #tried

I don't know Gov. Palin. I've certainly seen her, since she came on the scene, you know, running with John McCain. ↗

— Linda McMahon

#certainly #gov #her #i #john

Additionally, borrowing a page from U.S. foreign policy, I decided to send a message to a government that was becoming increasingly hostile. ↗

— Timothy McVeigh

#becoming #borrowing #decided #foreign #foreign policy

Based on observations of the policies of my own government, I viewed this action as an acceptable option. ↗

— Timothy McVeigh

#action #based #government #i #my own

Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or ill it teaches the whole people by its example. ↗

— Timothy McVeigh

#good #government #ill #omnipresent #our

A good government may, indeed, redress the grievances of an injured people; but a strong people can alone build up a great nation. ↗

— Thomas Francis Meagher

#build #good #good government #government #great

Ronald Reagan, of course, was a Republican governor of California who went through a painful defeat in the 1976 presidential race before winning four years later. ↗

— Michael Medved

#california #course #defeat #four #governor