#government

In government you carry each hope; each disillusion. And in politics it's always about the next challenge. ↗

— Tony Blair

#always #carry #challenge #disillusion #each

If the government wants to do social policy, it should not be done in a quasi-public company. If you have a mortgage guarantee company which is done by the U.S. government, it should be guaranteed by the originators, i.e., the shareholder. ↗

— Jamie Dimon

#done #government #guarantee #guaranteed #i

We support too big to fail. We want the government to be able to take down a big bank like JP Morgan and it could be done. We think Dodd-Frank, which we supported parts of, gave the FDIC the authority to take down a big bank. ↗

— Jamie Dimon

#authority #bank #big #could #done

We borrowed money, it helped us with bonds and what not, and the Federal Government backed it, but it was a guarantee, it was not a grant. And we not only paid it off, but we paid it off ahead of time. ↗

— David Dinkins

#backed #bonds #borrowed #federal #federal government

Our ports are a vital link in national security and it is extremely dangerous to be considering their sale to the United Arab Emirates government. ↗

— Joe Donnelly

#considering #dangerous #emirates #extremely #government

Well, it's a - I don't want to disappoint you, but it's a time worn tradition of Australian Governments over many years not to get into any discussion about that aspect of intelligence matters. ↗

— Alexander Downer

#any #aspect #australian #disappoint #discussion

In the inner city, there's a mentality that the government owes you something. My breakthrough came when I stopped feeling sorry for myself and took responsibility for every part of my life. No more pity parties. I've gotta love me more than anybody else loves me. ↗

— Mary J. Blige

#breakthrough #came #city #else #every

Government shouldn't tell you whom to marry. ↗

— Michael Bloomberg

#marry #tell #whom #you

I don't believe that government is good at picking technology, particularly technology that is changing. By the time you get it done and go through democracy, it's so outdated. ↗

— Michael Bloomberg

#by the time #changing #democracy #done #get

If a hurricane strikes, we can blame the president for not being there; we can blame Congress and FEMA; we can blame the state governments; but in the end, it's the mayors and the local city governments that have to be prepared for emergencies and be prepared to act. ↗

— Michael Bloomberg

#be prepared #being #being there #blame #city