#governance

But when you have bad governance, of course, these resources are destroyed: The forests are deforested, there is illegal logging, there is soil erosion. I got pulled deeper and deeper and saw how these issues become linked to governance, to corruption, to dictatorship. ↗

— Wangari Maathai

#become #corruption #course #deeper #destroyed

I am working to make sure we don't only protect the environment, we also improve governance. ↗

— Wangari Maathai

#am #environment #governance #i #i am

No matter how an individual views Satan, whether they believe that he is a real character or that he is just the product of literary scholars and imaginations, no one can deny that each one of us has an aspect of the devil within us. By studying the character and nature of Satan, we learn about ourselves; and the more we know about ourselves, the better we can fight our own personal demons—metaphorical or otherwise—in order to create a better tomorrow ↗

— Nwaocha Ogechukwu

#evil #governance #religion #wickedness #imagination

I have just come out of an electoral experience with the people of my country in which I invited them to join me in a partnership for governance. ↗

— Perry Christie

#country #electoral #experience #governance #i

It must be remembered that the Bush White House has a separate talent for character assassination that must not be confused with a talent for governance. ↗

— Richard Dreyfuss

#bush #character #character assassination #confused #governance

All governments, even these precious “democracies,” derive all their power by force. Do something the government doesn’t want, like, say, cross the street against the light, refuse to submit to its authority, and it won’t be long before they’ll use some form of force, usually a weapon and the threat of death or injury, to compel you to comply. ↗

— S. Evan Townsend

#government #urban-fantasy #death

Governance should be designed as an equalizer. Democrats are more inclined towards working families and those who are struggling for a better life. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

#better life #democrats #designed #equalizer #families

Democracy, good governance and modernity cannot be imported or imposed from outside a country. ↗

— Emile Lahud

#country #democracy #good #good governance #governance

Until we totally change the way we elect our leaders, until we remove private money from public campaigns, lying will be the de facto method of governance in this country. ↗

— Peter Schuyler

#change #country #elect #facto #governance

[I]n the end this shall be for me sufficient, that a marble stone shall declare that a Queen, having reigned such a time, lived and died a virgin. ↗

— Elizabeth I Tudor

#dignity #freedom #good-governance #government #independence