#govern

Pretty much at all times music motivates me. How can I say this without sounding in any way proud of myself? Obviously I've always written songs that are critical of our government, and talk about our times. Hopefully you attempt to be timeless while doing it. ↗

— Eddie Vedder

#always #any #attempt #critical #doing

It would be foolish to suggest that government is a good custodian of aesthetic goals. But, there is no alternative to the state. ↗

— John Kenneth Galbraith

#alternative #custodian #foolish #goals #good

The governments of the present day have to deal not merely with other governments, with emperors, kings and ministers, but also with the secret societies which have everywhere their unscrupulous agents, and can at the last moment upset all the governments' plans. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#also #day #deal #emperors #everywhere

When businesses face tough times, one of the first items they cut is overhead expenses. The government should do the same. ↗

— Byron Dorgan

#cut #expenses #face #first #government

ON the decline of the Roman power, about five centuries after Christ, the countries of Northern Europe were left almost destitute of a national government. ↗

— Thomas Bulfinch

#after #almost #centuries #christ #countries

We no longer have a free market in the United States, we have a government controlled free market. ↗

— Jim Bunning

#free #free market #government #longer #market

The government should not be guided by Temporary Excitement, but by Sober Second Thought. ↗

— Martin Van Buren

#government #guided #second #should #sober

The case of the Seminoles constitutes at present the only exception to the successful efforts of the Government to remove the Indians to the homes assigned them west of the Mississippi. ↗

— Martin Van Buren

#case #constitutes #efforts #exception #government

With respect to the northeastern boundary of the United States, no official correspondence between this Government and that of Great Britain has passed since that communicated to Congress toward the close of their last session. ↗

— Martin Van Buren

#boundary #britain #close #communicated #congress

Well, I have also believed in empowering the individual and believe there is a degree of inertia in big government that hampers the ability to respond to a rapidly evolving crisis. ↗

— Michael Burgess

#also #believe #believed #big #big government