#govern

The best form of government is that which is most likely to prevent the greatest sum of evil. ↗

— James Monroe

#evil #form #government #greatest #likely

Not being able to govern events, I govern myself. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

#being #events #govern #i #myself

There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

#governing #kingdom #less #little #private

There is not much less vexation in the government of a private family than in the managing of an entire state. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

#family #government #less #managing #much

We decided that the environment was an integral part of our policies and the political thrust of our government. We gave it the priority and we sustained it with the money required to make it happen. ↗

— Brian Mulroney

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The way people in democracies think of the government as something different from themselves is a real handicap. And, of course, sometimes the government confirms their opinion. ↗

— Lewis Mumford

#confirms #course #democracies #different #handicap

There are people in the public sector with a range of experiences that have no equivalent in business, but are essential to governing, like keeping a kid in school or helping someone get and hold a job. The value of those skills can't easily be measured against a bottom line. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

#bottom #bottom line #business #easily #equivalent

In the run-up to the 1992 Democratic convention, Clinton's campaign realized that voters thought the young governor had a privileged upbringing. They didn't buy his alleged concern for the middle class. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

#buy #campaign #class #clinton #concern

'Not again!' I thought to myself this morning, as news trickled out that John McCain was set to pick Alaska governor Sarah Palin as his running mate. Not again, because too often women are promoted for the wrong reasons, and then blamed when things don't go right. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

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Most of Albania considers this Government to be legitimate. ↗

— Fatos Nano

#considers #government #legitimate #most