#governments

It's not my fault that there is this gap between rich and poor, it is the fault of governments. I want a different world. One where I don't wake up thinking I'm so lucky to be able to feed my daughter. ↗

— Emma Thompson

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Governments enjoying surpluses have a very strong temptation to splash money around, and while tax cuts are always appealing, cutting taxes at the top of a boom runs the real risk of creating a structural deficit when the boom subsides. ↗

— Malcolm Turnbull

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We know that advanced economies with stable governments that borrow in their own currency are capable of running up very high levels of debt without crisis. ↗

— Paul Krugman

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Peace and commerce with foreign nations could be more effectually and cheaply cultivated by a common agent; therefore they gave the Federal Government the sole management of our relations with foreign governments. ↗

— Robert Toombs

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I believe good governments have nothing to hide. We want to ensure we maintain confidence in our public institutions. ↗

— Jay Weatherill

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The ecclesiastical establishments of Europe which serve to support tyrannical governments are not the Christian religion but abuses and corruptions of it. ↗

— Noah Webster

#christian religion #corruptions #ecclesiastical #establishments #europe

I think governments can't do much. ↗

— Dalai Lama

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For years governments have been promising more than they can deliver, and delivering more than they can afford. ↗

— Paul Martin

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I happen to be one who believes very strongly that state and local governments have their proper roles. ↗

— Don Nickles

#governments #happen #i #local #local governments

Fourth, we might have declared an embargo against the shipping from American ports of any merchandise to either one of these governments that persisted in maintaining its military zone. ↗

— George William Norris

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