#government

One of the essential elements of government responsibility is to communicate effectively to the American people, especially in time of a potential terrorist attack or a natural disaster. ↗

— Vito Fossella

#american people #attack #communicate #disaster #effectively

We know that the most fundamental responsibility of our Federal Government is to ensure the safety of its people and to protect and ensure our National security. And clearly port security has been left in limbo. ↗

— Vito Fossella

#clearly #ensure #federal #federal government #fundamental

Vetting and verifying information is one thing. Having our government sending out conflicting messages to the American people when conflict can be avoided is another. ↗

— Vito Fossella

#american people #another #avoided #conflict #conflicting

One side of the American psyche wants smaller government, lower taxes, and more choices for individuals, even if those choices increase risk. The other wants a strong social safety net to protect the weakest among us, even if it costs more to minimize risk. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#among #choices #costs #even #government

The minute health care becomes a huge, unwieldy, expensive government bureaucracy it's a permanent feature of life and there's nothing anyone can do about it. ↗

— Mark Steyn

#anyone #becomes #bureaucracy #care #expensive

But a multitude of people, even the two hundred million of the Chinese empire, cannot subsist without civil government. ↗

— Ezra Stiles

#chinese #civil #civil government #empire #even

As someone who worked hard for a Labour victory in the 90s, do I regret it? Not really. It was bound to happen. And it'll happen with the next government, and the one after it. Because all governments serve us. They serve the filth. ↗

— Stephen Fry

#because #bound #filth #government #governments

All governments are run by liars and nothing they say should be believed. ↗

— I. F. Stone

#governments #liars #nothing #run #say

We have shown, given these last three years, that we were succeeding in fighting terrorists. While during the first 30 years of the former governments they didn't. ↗

— Alberto Fujimori

#fighting #first #former #given #governments

The biggest lesson I learned from Vietnam is not to trust our own government statements. I had no idea until then that you could not rely on them. ↗

— J. William Fulbright

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