#government

The main obstacle to further progress on the resource curse is China, and to a lesser extent India. ↗

— George Soros

#control #government #greed #power #age

We should be able to go to our government and get clear answers. ↗

— Wesley Snipes

#answers #clear #get #go #government

That is the problem with governments these days. They want to do things all the time; they are always very busy thinking of what things they can do next. That is not what people want. People want to be left alone to look after their cattle. ↗

— Alexander McCall Smith

#business

My biggest problem with modernity may lie in the growing separation of the ethical and the legal ↗

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

#corruption #court-system #courts #ethical-behaviour #ethics

Some legislators only wish to vengeance against a particular enemy. Others only look out for themselves. They devote very little time on the consideration of any public issue. They think that no harm will come from their neglect. They act as if it is always the business of somebody else to look after this or that. When this selfish notion is entertained by all, the commonwealth slowly begins to decay. ↗

— Thucydides

#governments #rulers #business

But a Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever. ↗

— John Adams

#liberty #change

The COUNTRY is controlled by LAWS> LAWS are controlled by POLITICIANS> POLITICIANS are controlled by VOTERS> VOTERS are controlled by PUBLIC OPINION> PUBLIC OPINION is controlled by the MEDIA (News, Hollywood, Internet...) & EDUCATION so. whoever controls MEDIA & EDUCATION, controls the COUNTRY. ↗

— William J Federer

#country #education #future #future-generations #government

The number one responsibility for each of us is to change ourselves with hope that others will follow. ↗

— Ron Paul

#morality #politics #change

This is how best to effect change. If you reiterate the same fears and the same sensible measures with proper augmentation enough times, even difficult decisions will begin to seem like the only justifiable solutions. ↗

— Olli Jalonen

#government #politics #change

Governments do not create, individuals create. Every invention was once just a thought inside someones head. ↗

— William J Federer

#government #inventions #thoughts #change