#government

The one thing that I know government is good for is countervailing against monopoly. It's not great at that either, but it's the only force I know that is fairly reliable. ↗

— John Perry Barlow

#either #fairly #force #good #government

The object of government in peace and in war is not the glory of rulers or of races, but the happiness of common man. ↗

— William Beveridge

#common man #glory #government #happiness #man

Democracy is an abuse of statistics. ↗

— Jorge Luis Borges

#abuse #democracy #statistics

Even though some in our government may claim that civil liberties must be compromised in order to protect the public, we must be wary of what we are giving up in the name of fighting terrorism. ↗

— Lucille Roybal-Allard

#civil liberties #claim #compromised #even #fighting

Despite the increase in world attention toward Sudan in the past months, the genocide in Darfur has continued without any serious attempt by the Sudanese government to do what governments primarily exist to do, protect their citizens. ↗

— Tom Allen

#attempt #attention #citizens #continued #darfur

It is human nature that rules the world, not governments and regimes. ↗

— Svetlana Alliluyeva

#human #human nature #nature #regimes #rules

The incestuous relationship between government and big business thrives in the dark. ↗

— Jack Anderson

#between #big #big business #dark #government

There is no real justification for a requirement that a budget of any sort should be balanced, except as a rallying point for those who seek to hamstring government. ↗

— William Vickrey

#balanced #budget #except #government #justification

Well they have an input into policy but in the end governments are elected to put together policy but the good thing about the Wentworth Group is that you know you've got 11 pretty capable people with a lot of good ideas. ↗

— John Anderson

#capable #elected #end #good #good ideas

Sure, President Bush can say that the U.S. government won't fund stem cell research, but believe me, Japan is applauding. Because they will just do it first and get all the patents. ↗

— Kevin J. Anderson

#believe #bush #cell #cell research #first