#gov

And I just think that we're at a point in our economic life here in our state - and - and, candidly, across the country, where increased taxes is just the wrong way to go. The people of our state are not convinced that state government, county government, local government has done all they can with the money we already give them, rather than the money that we have before. ↗

— Chris Christie

#already #before #candidly #convinced #country

Is there any wonder why we are in such big trouble? Any question why the people don't trust their government anymore, and demand a change? ↗

— Chris Christie

#anymore #big #change #demand #government

Someone has to stay on the line and say, no, we can do this by cutting spending and reducing the size of government. That's what I was committed to doing. ↗

— Chris Christie

#cutting #doing #government #i #line

I joined the city government, and we start to operate as the bureaucrats on the local level, so we were the only ones in the whole Russian team who were experienced in practical bureaucratic management in the complicated condition of 1990. ↗

— Anatoly Chubais

#bureaucrats #city #city government #complicated #condition

These guys were the real owners of the country, and for them to discuss with this young guy who becomes a member of the government was absolutely unacceptable. ↗

— Anatoly Chubais

#becomes #country #discuss #government #guy

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#get #give #life #living #make

The control of information is something the elite always does, particularly in a despotic form of government. Information, knowledge, is power. If you can control information, you can control people. ↗

— Tom Clancy

#control #despotic #does #elite #form

The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern. ↗

— Lord Acton

#class #danger #every #govern #particular

The lesson should be constantly enforced that though the people support the Government, Government should not support the people. ↗

— Grover Cleveland

#enforced #government #lesson #people #should

In the scheme of our national government, the presidency is preeminently the people's office. ↗

— Grover Cleveland

#national #national government #office #our #people