#govern

Rome was great in arms, in government, in law. ↗

— Goldwin Smith

#government #great #law #rome

All too often, government's response to social breakdown has been a classic case of 'patching' - a case of handing money out, containing problems and limiting the damage but, in doing so, supporting - even reinforcing - dysfunctional behaviour. ↗

— Iain Duncan Smith

#behaviour #breakdown #case #classic #containing

Government cannot do it all. As we work hard to break welfare dependency and get young people ready for the labour market, we need businesses to give them a chance and not just fall back on labour from abroad. ↗

— Iain Duncan Smith

#back #break #businesses #cannot #chance

When the news is good, the BBC view is: 'Get the government out of the picture quickly, don't allow them to say anything about it.' When the news is bad: 'Let's all dump on the government.' ↗

— Iain Duncan Smith

#allow #anything #bad #bbc #dump

The Government are very keen on amassing statistics - they collect them, add them, raise them to the nth power, take the cube root and prepare wonderful diagrams. ↗

— Josiah Stamp

#collect #cube #diagrams #government #keen

Government itself is founded upon the great doctrine of the consent of the governed, and has its cornerstone in the memorable principle that men are endowed with inalienable rights. ↗

— Leland Stanford

#cornerstone #doctrine #endowed #founded #governed

I am in favor of carrying out the Declaration of Independence to women as well as men. Women having to suffer the burdens of society and government should have their equal rights in it. They do not receive their rights in full proportion. ↗

— Leland Stanford

#burdens #carrying #declaration #equal #equal rights

Well, I have a CBE and I accepted it with glee because it's not bestowed on you by the royal family, it's not bestowed on you by the government, you have to be nominated by the public. ↗

— Rod Stewart

#because #bestowed #family #glee #government

The essence of a government health care system - for people who have never lived under it and don't know - is waiting, waiting, waiting. You wait for everything. You wait for years for operations that are routine in America. ↗

— Mark Steyn

#care #essence #everything #government #health

Besides a happy policy as to civil government, it is necessary to institute a system of law and jurisprudence founded in justice, equity, and public right. ↗

— Ezra Stiles

#civil #civil government #equity #founded #government