#govern

This is how psychiatry has functioned-as a kind of property arm of the government, who can put you away if your husband doesn't like you. ↗

— Kate Millett

#away #government #how #husband #kind

What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. ↗

— James Madison

#controls #external #govern #government #greatest

Freedom isn't free. It shouldn't be a bragging point that 'Oh, I don't get involved in politics,' as if that makes someone cleaner. No, that makes you derelict of duty in a republic. Liars and panderers in government would have a much harder time of it if so many people didn't insist on their right to remain ignorant and blindly agreeable. ↗

— Bill Maher

#blindly #bragging #cleaner #derelict #duty

The sight of allegedly sophisticated politicians parroting complete tripe trivialises and demeans government and it has to be stopped. It's played a significant part in public disillusionment with politics and has led to the absurd situation where more people vote for 'Strictly Come Dancing' than voted in the general election. ↗

— John Major

#allegedly #come #complete #dancing #disillusionment

It's a very good idea that we have a third term Labour government led by Tony Blair for a full term. ↗

— Peter Mandelson

#full #good #good idea #government #idea

Most of the tasks we do are for humans. For example, a tax calculation is counting numbers so the government can pull money out from my wallet, but government consists of humans. ↗

— Yukihiro Matsumoto

#consists #counting #example #for example #government

There's much more we can be doing in Parliament, we could be giving more power back to people at local government level, through local referendums. ↗

— Theresa May

#could #doing #giving #government #level

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