#govern

The nearest approach to immortality on earth is a government bureau. ↗

— James F. Byrnes

#bureau #earth #government #immortality #nearest

Children are excellent observers, and will often perceive your slightest defects. In general, those who govern children, forgive nothing in them, but everything in themselves. ↗

— Francois Fenelon

#defects #everything #excellent #forgive #general

Government cannot and must not replace private initiative. ↗

— Kim Campbell

#government #initiative #must #private #replace

Governments allocate enormous resources for social programs. And it is true that for many years we have had one of the best social service systems in the world. Yet we are still incapable of meeting the needs of tens of thousands of Canadian families. ↗

— Kim Campbell

#best #canadian #enormous #families #governments

In all modesty, we must admit that governments are not always the best doctors when it comes to diagnosing economic ailments and prescribing the right treatment. ↗

— Kim Campbell

#ailments #always #best #comes #doctors

To suggest that Quebecers willingly give up the chance to exercise fully their influence within the federal government would be to betray the historical role Quebec has always played in Confederation, and to undermine the legitimacy of their pride and ambitions. ↗

— Kim Campbell

#betray #chance #confederation #exercise #federal

I want to give my compliments to Australia. Ever since your government paid a few million dollars for a Jackson Pollack painting, I figure that it must be a marvellous country. ↗

— Morton Feldman

#compliments #country #dollars #ever #few

Here is my first principle of foreign policy: good government at home. ↗

— William E. Gladstone

#first #first principle #foreign #foreign policy #good

Now the proposal is yet again another $150 billion before we start to think about a freeze. But $150 billion spent on more government programs; monies being created to direct and what kind of jobs that Washington thinks ought to be created. Come on. I mean there is a government that can help, and the government can also hurt. ↗

— Eric Cantor

#again #also #another #before #being

People have to take responsibility for themselves. We need to get the housing industry going again. We don't need government intervening in every step. ↗

— Eric Cantor

#every #every step #get #going #government