#govern

The government invented the Internet. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#internet #invented

Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#decent #decent man #every #government #lives

This government has always said increasing pay is something for something. ↗

— Estelle Morris

#government #increasing #pay #said #something

They say that if I win that I'll take away benefits, but the only one who has expropriated things from you is this government. After visiting all around our Venezuela, I don't have a doubt that we will win. ↗

— Henrique Capriles Radonski

#around #away #benefits #doubt #government

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors. ↗

— Plato

#being #end #governed #inferiors #participate

Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in individuals, or in governments. ↗

— Plato

#change #direction #excess #generally #governments

This is a basic function of Congress to keep the government running. And so, what we ought not to do is play politics with those who have been affected by disasters. ↗

— David Plouffe

#basic #been #congress #disasters #function

In fact, I think that Governor Clinton, when he was running, and President Clinton, when he was serving, actually governed with a wide range of advisors and a perspective that blended the best of ideas from the center and the left. ↗

— John Podesta

#best #blended #center #clinton #fact

By the time Obama came into office, Washington had already agreed over a period of a few weeks to a $700 billion government infusion into the world banking system. Nothing of the sort had ever been done before, and it was done spit spot with very little national debate. ↗

— John Podhoretz

#already #banking #banking system #been #before

Franklin Roosevelt had to govern at a time of crisis. If you're going to make changes in the way a nation thinks, you have to have the ability to take the crisis of the moment and use it to shape an agenda. ↗

— Pete du Pont

#agenda #changes #crisis #franklin #franklin roosevelt